Project

The main point of this movie is that offshoring/outsourcing is a concern and problem for the United States. I am wanted to clarify what this was and how it is used in corporate America.  I also wanted to show the magnitude of this practice. I mention the other areas it affects because it is important [...]

What I have seemed to find…

What I have seemed to find in the opposite views on outsourcing is quite juvenile. For instance, the notion that because corps are outsourcing they are saving money and putting it back into the US economy. This is not necessarily true. Not all business can make such a large enough profit outsourcing and nothing guarantees [...]

Complex Subject…

Outsourcing, or offshoring, has been a complex and growing situation for some time now. Although some numbers can be found on this subject, I have come to realize that most are estimates. The US government does not require corporations to disclose the amount of jobs they have or will be sending overseas in a year, [...]

Comment on the new…

“New evidence suggests that shifting production overseas has inflicted worse damage on the U.S. economy than the numbers show. BusinessWeek has learned of a gaping flaw in the way statistics treat offshoring, with serious economic and political implications. Top government statisticians now acknowledge that the problem exists, and say it could prove to be significant.The [...]

“What do you think?”…Well,

To answer a question presented to me in a comment, I strongly believe that when I listen or read what the head of the Fed has to say, I take it all in stride. The Fed tends to respond to economic situations with open ended yanking. Most of what they say about the national and [...]

A Bit Of A Conflict

The United States government is trying its best at promoting a globalized economy. Well, after reading this article is seems that there is also conflict withing government bodies; to globalize through outsourcing or not? States governments pushing to get bills pushed through government bodies to keep corporations here; to crack down on outsourcing American jobs. [...]

Pose a Question…

What does it really take for a governmental decision to change? Are governments allowed to be wrong? Are the ideas of neo-libralism bad for the global economy? Today, I have an excert from the book Take This Job and Ship It by Senator Byron L. Dorgan:

“While our society is still not perfect, we have since made [...]

Reflection

Rennie Sawade, the son of a Michigan auto worker, majored in computer science because he saw no future on the assembly line. He was rewarded with a job at Oracle Corp., but lost it in late 2005 when the company shifted his department’s work to India. Sawade, who lives in Woodinville, Wash. near Seattle, has been unable to find a full-time replacement, instead jumping from contract job to contract job.

The contractor offers a 401(k), but contributions are entirely up to workers. When Sawade’s wife was diagnosed with thyroid cancer last year he missed the equivalent of two weeks work — and pay — to take care of her. The job has health insurance but still left the family with a bill for more than $2,000. Contractors call to offer other jobs, but the pay is frequently disappointing, he says.

“It was pretty well known when I was working on my bachelor’s degree that the auto industry was going to move overseas,” he says. “Everybody said get into technology because you’ll have a career. Now it looks like the same thing is happening to technology.”

Cutbacks and changes by employers also have pushed heavy responsibilities on to workers, many who find themselves unprepared.

In the past decade, scores of companies have frozen or eliminated benefit plans providing a guaranteed pension. Many have replaced them with 401(k) plans whose future worth depends on workers’ investment skill. Almost half of all households are at risk of coming up short in retirement, according to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.

Over there?

It is obvious that many of the things we do not see, or do not want to see, are sometimes the most important things going on in the world. How is it that I, like most of us, can tell you the latest stupid thing Brittany, Lindsey, or Paris has done but not [...]

WSJ-New Generation of Exported Occupation

So, here I am looking through my email as I do everyday and decide to stop and look through my Wall Street Journal college weekly. Every student should be worried about how they will be getting their next job if they are graduating within the next year. With the fears of recession on the [...]