Stop Offshoring
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
The past two to three years, which has seen the U.S. economy grow, has shielded the backlash against offshoring because most American workers were able to find jobs, so they didn't care that their employers were opening offices in other countries instead of hiring more Americans. With the economy now slowing down and job creation reversing its growth trend, it will be interesting to see how most Americans view offshoring in the near future. As the article "American economy: RIP" points out, all of the 24,000 private sector jobs created in August were attributed to new jobs for waitresses and bartenders, hardly the sector that our country should be striving to excel at. Meanwhile, the article adds, the "lack of job growth in higher-productivity, higher-paid occupations associated with the American middle and upper middle classes will eventually kill the US consumer market." When white collar workers start getting laid off again, and the only jobs they're able to find are as waitresses and bartenders, do you think they'll start getting mad that companies are sending the desirable jobs offshore? You bet!
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