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Sunday, May 15, 2005
 
A BusinessWeek article talked about another way that offshoring hurts American workers: the endless workday that comes with supporting coworkers half a world away. The article eludes to late night conference calls with employees in India, a situation I've had to endure at a previous employer.

Some quotes from the article:

Some business experts worry that the [offshoring] trend could result in massive burnout if offshoring isn't properly managed.

Today's long hours are less likely to result in windfall bonuses or stock options, and there's no end in sight.

Some worry that the extra hours and unrelenting pace could have dire consequences -- namely, widespread fatigue and brain drain in the technology and financial services industries, the most aggressive exporters of white-collar jobs. Steep turnover among sleep-deprived managers could eventually lead senior executives to re-evaluate the benefits of offshoring, said Peter Morici, an international business professor at Robert H. Smith School of Business at University of Maryland.

According to a study released in April by Deloitte Consulting LLP, 62 percent of senior executives interviewed at 25 large corporations said offshoring required more management effort than they had originally thought.

"In today's global economy, employees are seeing longer working hours, greater job insecurity due to job exporting and fewer rewards and opportunity," [president and organizer of WashTech] Courtney said.

Friday, May 06, 2005
 
Sun Micro to add staff overseas and slow U.S. hiring

Sun will double its software engineers in Bangalore, India to 2,000 over the next two years. Meanwhile, although Sun hasn't said it will cut any engineering jobs in the U.S., it won't be hiring much here either. This comes at a time when the U.S. economy is growing nicely and unemployment is improving. If our jobs are moving to India during good times, what will happen during the next recession? I shudder to think about it.

Farewell, good jobs for Americans.
Farewell, American competitive advantage.
Farewell, American technical innovation.

Wednesday, May 04, 2005
 
There was a guest commentator on CNBC talking about the negative impact that Alan Greenspan's policies have had on the economy. The guest was an Indian man named Ravi something-or-another with a heavy accent. One of his main arguments that Greenspan is doing a poor job is the lack of job creation in this country, particularly high-paying jobs. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he said that. He must be the dumbest person in the world if he believes that Alan Greenspan is the reason we don't have more high-paying jobs. Mr. Ravi something-or-another needed to look no further than his own country for the explanation!


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