Outsourcing By John Kerry

==International Viewpoint==

david an international student from uni of texas says " i think that the policy of John Kerry to curb outsourcing makes no sense. Most of the companies sell their products in countries like India and China. For example, nokia sells more than half of its cellphones in the international market. So there is nothing wrong in creating white collared jobs in china or india. Infact most of the multinational companies manufacture their products and sell them in international markets.

Workers in China and India are viewed as cheap labors. My advisor calls them as "cheap workhorses". Thats insane. China and India have low cost of living. So there is nothing wrong in getting a low salary. The quality of living of middle class people in these countries even with low salaries are much better than the quality of middle class people in america.

How many of the americans know that america does not have enough citizens to work on software development projects. Most of the high end software development is done by talented engineers from India. How many know that more than 50% of microsoft's employees are indians. Only a very small segment of american citizens from prestigious universities in america are equally talented as the talented chinese or indians. The rest of the american population do jobs like pizza delivery etc.

And another misconception is that quality of customer service has deteriorated because of Indian customer service.
The above argument makes no sense coz indians have excellent command over english and they have been learning english right from grade one. I am pretty sure that no american will complain on the technical content of the customer service offered.

If americans want to sell their products or to get cheap products from developing countries like india, they should also be ready to create jobs and employ people in that country. Wallmart is filled with cheap products from india and china. So now the question is who is cheap THE PERSON WHO MAKES CHEAP THINGS OR THE PERSON WHO BUYS CHEAP THINGS??????????


[edit on 19-9-2004 by John bull 1]