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U.S. Jobs Jumping Ship
An anonymous reader writes "As painful as February's big job cuts were, they're even more painful since many of those jobs are never coming back as U.S. employers in a wide range of industries move more and more jobs overseas. CNN has the story." Salon has a good piece detailing how job requirements are changing, asking more and more for less and less pay.
I'll bet you have never even tried it.
If you are any good, and can PROVE it, then working anywhere in the world is not hard at all. Do you have a name and reputation that is known to those you would want to work for? No? Why not, loser?
Do you know how to market yourself? No? Why the fuck not, loser? The "protectionist" policies of other countries are exactly what they SHOULD be here. They let in the talented and productive, and exclude those wishing to come and suck off of their economy.
I have; and I know many others who have worked overseas with no problems at all. After 6 months, you dont even have to pay US taxes in most cases. With your attitude, I would bet you cant even make a case for being an essential employee in America, much less overseas.
I guarantee you that those college educated foreign workers have withstood more competition and rigor than you are ever likely too, and they deserve the new consideration that they are recieving from American corporations. Overseas much more than over here, the cream rises to the top.
You can follow the jobs, pal. The question is can you DO those jobs well enough to be in demand?
Facts about India: Hindu nationalist government run by facsists. This group allied with Hitler in WWII, assasinated Ghandi, upon taking power detonated atomic weapons, refuses to obey UN and hold elections in Khashmir, wants to attack Pakistan, is attempting to overthrow Bhuddist government of Sri Lanka and replace them with minority "Tamil Tiger" Hindu regime. These chumps condone pograms on minority Muslims,
the goverment is devloping ICBMs capable of hitting USA.
Gee. I'm glad my job got exported to India!!!
Lafayette, WE STILL REMEMBER AND THANK YOU !!!
Oh, really? Then why is it that it's only the worker's jobs that get offshored? American companies could save many millions of dollars per year by offshoring management jobs, but that never happens.
Well, y'see, the thing is that certain countries are better at doing certain things than other countries are. All countries are not exactly the same.
Almost all third-world countries have unskilled cheap labour to sell. Some third-world/emerging countries, like India, China, and Russia, have skilled labour to sell for cheap. But, by and large, only first-world countries are able to offer management and research type expertise. This is one reason that management isn't shipped off to emerging nations, though there are many reasons, including, as you imply, the concern that management types may have for saving their own jobs.
People who complain about all of these macroeconomic issues really ought to take the first tentative steps to understand the world in which they live.