Outsourcing & L-1 Visas

[JUGGERNAUT]

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0420/p03s01-usec.html

And instead of outsourcing the jobs to India, Siemens ICN had a plan that was every bit as controversial - importing Indians to do the work here. The Americans even had to train their Indian replacements in order to receive severance pay. "They told us this is the wave of the future, and we just have to go with the flow," Mr. Emmons says.

 

Paula Davis, a Siemens spokeswoman, describes the company's decision to hire Tata Consultancy Services in India as "part of a global restructuring effort." She says it is "more economical to outsource this particular function." Referring to the company's requirement that laid-off employees train their foreign replacements, she adds, "It's industry standard when you're outsourcing work to any firm that you're going to have to train the new consulting firm."

 

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With respect to experienced professionals like Mr. Emmons I believe the US has an obligation to limit outsourcing because if we don't we will lose the majority of our back office jobs over time. When that happens the US economy will be based on distributors & service jobs which require a local presence. But then again the L-1 visa threatens the local service jobs as well.

 

With respect to America's next generation of workers this area because more gray because it brings up questions of which work force is better qualified to do the work.

The foreign workers or the american college graduates who more than likely cheated their way to a degree. The cheating is definitely a problem when it comes to back office service sector jobs.

[DBAHO]

Get me a visa into the country and I'll think bout it sum more.