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Friday, May 26, 2006
Thoughts
I'm not really one to discuss my political views or really my views on anything substantial on this blizzog, but here's a gander at a topic: Outsourcing.
People have so much negativity towards outsourcing. I for once knew about it, heard about it, but never really took the time to fully understand what is going on. That is, until I started reading The World is Flat by Freedman. This book discusses outsourcing in great detail and taught me a lot.
I always used to (and still do) get frustrated with people who will look at me and hold this resentment that there is so much outsourcing going on in India. Yes I caused this, please focus your hostility towards me, because I am in charge of the world. I can and do understand and am empathic with people who lose their jobs due to outsourcing. It could even be me one day! But honestly in this day and age how can you expect something like outsourcing NOT to exist?!
If you think about our own daily lives we do what we can to cut costs. Well, because we are greedy and want to have more money to support ourselves better. This is not a bad thing. Coupons, rebates, driving an extra couple of miles for cheaper gas, heck we ALL do this. So why is it so surprising to hear that companies are doing the same thing?
And lets talk about India for a second. There are over 1 billion people in this country. Can you actually imagine how many people that is? I really can't. Most people in India live poorer than the poorest people in the United States. For them to be able to do what we do for pennies is really not a big step up for them. What it does allow these people to do however, is get some money, become educated and be proud of what they do.
When I used to work in Admissions, concerned parents would ask me what schools like mine were doing about this outsourcing epidemic. Um? Is there even a response for this? We keep developing technology -this in turn is flattening out the worlds playing field. People in foreign countries are able to do the same things as us. Granted the company's CEO and COO are making millions of more dollars out of all of this - but they were smart enough to think of it! I can't argue that.
This isn't a perfect system by any means. It's unfortunate that anyone needs to be out of a job when they are willing and capable to work. But it IS unfair for 'people' to blame these countries for what they are doing. They are just trying to make a living like everyone else.
People have so much negativity towards outsourcing. I for once knew about it, heard about it, but never really took the time to fully understand what is going on. That is, until I started reading The World is Flat by Freedman. This book discusses outsourcing in great detail and taught me a lot.
I always used to (and still do) get frustrated with people who will look at me and hold this resentment that there is so much outsourcing going on in India. Yes I caused this, please focus your hostility towards me, because I am in charge of the world. I can and do understand and am empathic with people who lose their jobs due to outsourcing. It could even be me one day! But honestly in this day and age how can you expect something like outsourcing NOT to exist?!
If you think about our own daily lives we do what we can to cut costs. Well, because we are greedy and want to have more money to support ourselves better. This is not a bad thing. Coupons, rebates, driving an extra couple of miles for cheaper gas, heck we ALL do this. So why is it so surprising to hear that companies are doing the same thing?
And lets talk about India for a second. There are over 1 billion people in this country. Can you actually imagine how many people that is? I really can't. Most people in India live poorer than the poorest people in the United States. For them to be able to do what we do for pennies is really not a big step up for them. What it does allow these people to do however, is get some money, become educated and be proud of what they do.
When I used to work in Admissions, concerned parents would ask me what schools like mine were doing about this outsourcing epidemic. Um? Is there even a response for this? We keep developing technology -this in turn is flattening out the worlds playing field. People in foreign countries are able to do the same things as us. Granted the company's CEO and COO are making millions of more dollars out of all of this - but they were smart enough to think of it! I can't argue that.
This isn't a perfect system by any means. It's unfortunate that anyone needs to be out of a job when they are willing and capable to work. But it IS unfair for 'people' to blame these countries for what they are doing. They are just trying to make a living like everyone else.
posted by Kripsie, 11:01 AM
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