The Other Side of Outsourcing
A Thomas Friedman / Discovery Channel look at high tech outsourcing to India. To buy the DVD, please visit: shopping.discovery.com
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July 28th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
End justifies means. Yes it does. Let’s say, survival of the fittest. All the lazy and overpaid employees need to lower their expectations. They need to live like people live all around the world. They need to cure inefficient and wasteful habits. They need to make their government responsible for health and education, not the employers. They need to lower the prices of their products and services. If they can’t, well, they can sit at home as an unemployed and not blame others.
July 28th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Crooks are those who made this America Inc., and meekly supported it.
You have health insurance and on top of that, dental insurance? Why? Isn’t dental care a part of health care?
You have postage and handling? Why? Isn’t handling part of postal charges?
You are stuck in your own ditch, so help yourself. Antagonise the corporations, they will migrate to better locations.
Also, thieves are those who went to Iraq to look for “WMDs”, and they are dirtier than maggots.
July 30th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
I posted a video response to this which I think is pretty relevant. It shows me living out my car and trying to still go on an interview for yet another IT job. Mine was outsourced over a year ago and I have lost everything as a result.
August 12th, 2009 at 5:20 am
i hope all the company ceo’s that sent them our jobs should be hanged in a public square while i sip on a hot chocolate and watch.
August 13th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Marvelous – turn India and China into corporate slave camps, while rendering America and Britain into economic dead ends. Pat yourselves on a the back you Randroid idiots…
August 21st, 2009 at 12:10 am
Well, I am not hating on the fact that jobs were outsourced. Good for Indians bad for Americans but where were the replacement jobs and industries. Plus I am sure it is more expensive to live in America than India. All the over paid people are still overpaid. The middle class were affected. You could work hard and still get nowhere. Oh, well, I guess Americans will have to create their own businesses and make their own jobs.
August 21st, 2009 at 12:14 am
I have had help from many Indians and most have been very nice professional and I understand them well. I don’t think outsourcing is bad. India needs jobs. The problem is that there is no replacment of jobs in America. Americans need to develop new industries to create new jobs and markets.
August 21st, 2009 at 12:29 am
Yeas, Indians should be careful of globalization. Capitalism killed American family values and culture in a lot of places. Advancement is good but if it begans to erode cultural and family traditions, be careful.
August 22nd, 2009 at 4:59 pm
hey i want to know if i could have this video about outsourcing in India but in spanish, anybody know where i can get it in spanish or maybe translated??
September 7th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Damn right they should, why usher in another era of corporate imperialism?
September 7th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
I’ve had no genuinely bad experience with Indian call centers, I’m not knocking Indians, but why should multinational corporations cut corners and outsource jobs, denuding America and Britain of real work?
No wonder everything’s is crashing down…
September 18th, 2009 at 11:02 am
Corporations send labor over seas which makes them gain more profit and sells products slightly cheaper to drive out competition in combination with being able to also gain more money from not paying workers decent sallaries, insurace or investing in any way in their employees, and then when theyve dominated the market they drive up the costs.
September 19th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Does anyone know how much they pay these workers?
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:03 am
I don’t think it will be Indian CEO’s to be hanged … we’re gonna hang our corrupt politicians and bureaucrats who’re not letting India progress fast enough. You’re welcome to sip your hot chocolate and watch India take the economic stage on by storm.
October 3rd, 2009 at 12:09 pm
the call center workers get paid the least. On average an entry level call center worker will be paid $5,000 per year.
You can hire this type of call center talent through major outsourcing companies such as HCL, Wipro and Tata. They even provide you with “freebies” if you purchase more than 10 call center operators on a two year MSA commitment.
I agree with this video Outsourcing needs to stop it is what killed america. The financial crisis evolved from outsourcing
October 3rd, 2009 at 3:36 pm
its actually the opposite. Outsourcing causes temporary harm but in the long run causes the people’s money to be worth more, so they can buy more stuff for their money. but in india it would cause large inflations. and people wouldn’t have as much stuff to buy. Thats why the us government allows companies to outsource. Think about it from an economic perspective.
October 4th, 2009 at 7:14 am
i didnt say indian CEOS. i was talking about american ones.
October 4th, 2009 at 7:17 am
so youre saying if non of us americans have jobs we are better off….. ok explain to me how we will make money then please. then other countrys wont be selling us anything. people can make economics say whatever they want, just like people make the bible say whatever they want. ridicules.
October 4th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
i will explain. say there are 10 goods in country A and 10 goods in country B. In each country there are also 10 units of money and each unit of money can buy 1 good. Now country A goes to country B and buys labor at 1 unit. Now there are 11 units in country B and only 9 units in country A. Not only that but there are more goods in country A. This is the Data:
country A: 9 money & 11 goods
Country B: 11 money & 9 goods
Country A will have more goods at less money. B will have inflation
October 4th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
oh yeah and americans can still make money because there are alot of jobs still out there. Once all jobs are outsource, americans will have no choice but to start their own business and outsource for themselves. deep irony there huh. Robots will replace labor and immigrants will replace profesional jobs. What can you do about it? YOu must grow and change with the advances.
October 4th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
robots cannot do everything, immigrants wont ever take over professional jobs either. because, that would mean they are professionals… which most of them are uneducated farmers or something. also, not everyone will outsource, esp ones that have pride in there country and a sense of duty to other americans. youll never change my views on this so dont waste your time.
October 11th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
download the basic real player and that will enable you to download this video
October 16th, 2009 at 3:10 am
i don’t need to change your views and i don’t care. sorry to say but the country won’t ask for your opinion. what your saying is really offensive about immigrants being uneducated. If you didn’t know immigrants have already taken professional jobs. Like programming to Indian workers. Programming needs a special type of math that is difficult to learn. if you hadn’t noticed you were first to respond to my comment.
October 26th, 2009 at 9:12 am
meh…its better for the companies…which who knows…is prob better for america.
October 26th, 2009 at 9:14 am
your online thanks to corporate america…shhh
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