outsourcing jobs to foreign countries?

Question

how do you feel about our jobs moving overseas?

Answer 1

Its how companies are able to maximize profits, and minimize increasing labor costs. But, it does have a positive affect on the US.

Think of it this way...
- if the company instead of paying $20/hr to an American worker, he can save 50% and paying $10/hr to someone overseas. Yes, it might put more jobs overseas, but it make the company more profitable, and therefore don't have to increase costs to the consumer of the U.S. Therefore cost stay low, and consumers keep a better purchasing power with the money they do make.
- It then gives the current employees with the company higher pay raises, potential bonus, and maybe even more jobs, but not the low end jobs, but more high end jobs, such ad sales people, managers, supervisors, people who are highly educated and are looking for jobs.
- in an about way, makes cost to consumers low, and better incomes to employees (who are consumers), and maybe even create new jobs with company for us educated people to obtain nice high end paying jobs.
OVERALL: It makes our society, and country richer in the "big scheme- big picture" of things. It also makes our society become more competitive with lower end jobs to specialize in certain fields, causing americans to get educated, obtain specialized skills, etc.

** Does this answer your question? **

Answer 2

i think that since most overseas workers are exploited that outsourcing is a capitalist tool of oppression. If a fair worker environment, and/or workers rights were a mandate of outsourcing manufacterers, then I might be a supporter. But, in reality, they are definalty not. So my answer is: Outsourcing is good if you are a company making a better bottom line than last quarter. It is bad if you are a foriegn person working in a factory, maquiladora, free trade zone, whatever. It is bad if you are a consumer that doesnt investigate the source of your products.

Answer 3

I definitely agree with investing in retraining the workforce, but government intervention is not the answer here. People shouldn't be such xenophobic isolationists. As our economy evolves into a more high-skilled service oriented economy, it is becoming more necessary to move more manufacturing and other low skilled, low wage jobs overseas. This is due to the increasing average level of education. People don't exactly want to go to college to work on an assembly line. But think of it this way. Someone has to design that factory in China, and with a highly educated work force, there's a good chance it will be an American. Plus, we can buy the products made there much cheaper than if they were made here.

Answer 4

There are all kinds of jobs that cannot be outsourced. All construction jobs. Farming jobs. Equipment servicing, copier, ATM's, factory equipment. Auto mechanic are just a few. What is happening today is those jobs are being filled by recruited legal immigrants and illegals immigrants for hard dirty jobs who are quite willing to work for less because their less is way more then they could earn in their home country.

Answer 5

In competitive markets, all countries gain through trading. The best resource allocation is when goods and services are produced at least cost centers. Jobs are a service. Specific jobs should be done where it costs the least provided in terms of the total cost including the cost of transpiration to the doors of the consumers. Outsourcing is nothing but importing cheaper labor services from abroad. If consumers in the US are free to import cars, furniture's, and a whole lot of things, why should there be worry about importing cheap labor services from abroad. There is nothing like our jobs or their jobs. Jobs are to be done at places where it is the most economic.

Answer 6

It is unfair to say that, for example, American jobs are somehow more important then Indian jobs. Outsourcing is happening because its good for American companies, and so to some extent, it is inevitable. We need to accept that the forces of globalization are here to stay.

That is not to say that American workers need to lie down and shut up. I personally live in one the top 5 communities in the country that is vulnerable to this sort of thing, so I realize that something has to be done. We can slow down the loss of jobs through federal regulations, and we can invest in retraining workers and creating better local jobs. This is not really happening, but it is the only chance for the American economy to remain strong in the near future.

Answer 7

It is a horrible idea and costing Americans jobs. I went thru this with my last company and they subbed out jobs to a company in India and we would have to go thru and check them before we could submit the job to the contractor and we would have to make so many changes everytime.

I am not saying that the people overseas do not deserve quality jobs, but should we be the one providing jobs to them??? We need to take care of our people first.

Answer 8

Its always better to make money in very short time, very bright future many more BOP units , call centers are available in foreign countries also high slandered of living.

Answer 9

I hate this idea.
Watch the US become a 3rd world country.
With so many jobs becoming extinct,what is one to do?
Start your own business, well- I hope so. And this takes a lot of money to do this.
It would be great to get out of corporate America,where unethical things happen all the time,and where they don't really care for their employees.

Answer 10

Just wondering who is going to be able to afford to buy all the products those jobs support. If Americans do not have jobs how can they buy the products.