Stop Offshoring
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Two years ago, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry carried the torch for offshoring opponents, citing "Benedict Arnold CEOs" who willingly weakened the U.S. economy to fatten their wallets by sending jobs offshore. With the Democrats regaining control of Congress, does the shift in power indicate a change in the stance against offshoring? Unfortunately, the answer is most likely "no". Offshoring was not a major issue during the 2006 elections. Some Democratic winners, including Virginia's Jim Webb and Missouri's Claire McCaskill, have attacked offshoring during their campaigns, but by and large, the only major issue related to offshoring was the fight over illegal immigration.
With offshoring momentum gaining and an economy sporting low unemployment, don't look for politicians to call for a slowdown in offshoring until the 2008 campaign season approaches.
Thursday, November 02, 2006
I read two recent articles that indicate not only that offshoring will grow, but that increasingly more complex functions are being outsourced to offshore workers.
Enterprise IT to Oursource more across all categories in 2007
U.S. Design Next in Line to Go East?
When call center operations started going offshore a few years ago, offshoring proponents argued that higher level work such as design and software development would remain in the U.S. We're seeing that these jobs aren't safe from foreign poachers either.
Where to next, offshoring supporters? Have cheap laborers in India taken your jobs yet?
