just past the 1 year marker, having started my own business. he forgot the one thing that i think is the most important. make contacts before you take the leap. sadly, who you know is more important that what you know. if it weren't for the contacts i've made in advance of starting my business, i wouldn't have lasted two months.
free trade is fine and good, but when two countries have cost of living that's grossly out of proportion, then what exactly is "fair?" we have minimum wages to prevent vile corporations from paying slave wages. they've sidestepped this problem by outsourcing work to developing countries that have no such protection. the cost of living in developing countries is so out of line with our own. these companies basically get to enjoy the benefits of the system, but sidestep all the rules. if chinese workers can get by on $700 per year, they'll swipe all the programming jobs from india.
but hey, i don't blame these guys. they found a loophole and it's working great. but, for the sake of fairplay, perhaps there should be minimum wages assigned to outsourcing. for instance, programming work has a minimum wage of x dollars per hour, regardless of where you get the labor. the developing countries would be forced to charge the same rates that are necessary to earn a proper living here. if corporations choose to use them, fine. they can get jobs based on skill, not by side-stepping minimum wage. if they get the job, then they'll get even more money. that's fair. other industries have these kinds of regulations to keep things more balanced.
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just past the 1 year marker, having started my own business. he forgot the one thing that i think is the most important. make contacts before you take the leap. sadly, who you know is more important that what you know. if it weren't for the contacts i've made in advance of starting my business, i wouldn't have lasted two months.
free trade is fine and good, but when two countries have cost of living that's grossly out of proportion, then what exactly is "fair?" we have minimum wages to prevent vile corporations from paying slave wages. they've sidestepped this problem by outsourcing work to developing countries that have no such protection. the cost of living in developing countries is so out of line with our own. these companies basically get to enjoy the benefits of the system, but sidestep all the rules. if chinese workers can get by on $700 per year, they'll swipe all the programming jobs from india.
but hey, i don't blame these guys. they found a loophole and it's working great. but, for the sake of fairplay, perhaps there should be minimum wages assigned to outsourcing. for instance, programming work has a minimum wage of x dollars per hour, regardless of where you get the labor. the developing countries would be forced to charge the same rates that are necessary to earn a proper living here. if corporations choose to use them, fine. they can get jobs based on skill, not by side-stepping minimum wage. if they get the job, then they'll get even more money. that's fair. other industries have these kinds of regulations to keep things more balanced.