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Just thoughts on outsourcing

I once noted in a previous post that the real peril of outsourcing is not the risk of ‘losing seats’ but becoming too reliant on the revenue the industry generates. However, this recent news report is cause for concern:

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Hi, my name’s insert name, from insert company name, calling on behalf of another company name, and I’m an outsourced employee from the Philippines. Yes sir/ma’am, that often means I get paid less than folks with the same job on the other side of the Pacific, because we sell our labor cheap so we can get the jobs you gave to India and Mexico.

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