Tech Firms Defend Moving Jobs Overseas

bobcows writes "Yahoo is reporting about leading technology companies urging Congress and the Bush administration Wednesday not to impose new trade restrictions aimed at keeping U.S. jobs from moving overseas, where labor costs are lower. 'There is no job that is America's God-given right anymore,' Carly Fiorina, chief executive for Hewlett-Packard Co., said Wednesday. 'The problem is not a lack of highly educated workers,' said Scott Kirwin, founder of the Information Technology Professionals Association of America. 'The problem is a lack of highly educated workers willing to work for the minimum wage or lower in the U.S. Costs are driving outsourcing, not the quality of American schools.'"

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I hear that the Bahamas are nice this time of year

[PIPBoy3000]

Personally I think it's great that they're moving my job, hopefully to somewhere warm. Uh, I'm going with it, right?

Outsource the CEO as well

[sacremon]

Given how well HP has performed since the merger with Compaq, perhaps it would be in that company's best interest to outsource the CEO. I'm sure they could save a considerable sum vs. Carly's paycheck.

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Outsource your CEO

[AntEater]

How long before shareholders demand that their companies outsource their CEO and other executives? It would be only fitting afterall, the problem isn't bad CEOs in America but finding bad CEOs that will work for minimum wage in the US.

Minimum wage??

[KE1LR]

"The problem is a lack of highly educated workers willing to work for the minimum wage or lower in the U.S."

Definition of Minumim Wage:

If they paid you anything less, it would be illegal.