Where do people displaced by outsourcing go?

[gulliver]

Answer. They either starve or they go after the next available white collar job. Maybe yours.

I guess my point is that displacing white collar workers puts pressure on the job prospects of all white collar workers. So in a way, outsourcing impacts the job market as a whole, not just IT, accounting, financial planning, etc.

I haven't seen this discussed. Is it a valid conclusion to draw?

[pinkpops]

1. My observation

Some outsourced jobs are filled by those who had them before - they just change employers, possibly benefits, longevity, and become a social underclass at there old workplace.

All workers, outsourced or not, feel pressure to behave because there are people waiting outside for their jobs.

There is also the resentment of those who lose their jobs for those who work for the outsourcers. When the outsourcers are offshore there may be racial overtones.

[LoZoccolo]

2. Oh yeah, I'd agree.

All of the working-class Republicans that get so ticked off about people on welfare should realize that basically the same phenomenon exists with them - making people desperate for work could jeapordize their own wages and jobs.

[FloridaPat]

3. Well, first we go to the unemployment line. And when that is

all done, we look for a new career. Anyone know what 50 year old do for career changes that can make a decent income?

[arewethereyet]

5. all depends on what you call decent

insurance underwritting and claims adjustment.

Best bet is to try and forget the money and think about what you really love. A happy FloridaPat is a successful FloridaPat.

[arewethereyet]

4. on the money

I managed to get back into IT after 11 months "off". I was lucky. One guy I know is selling furniture, another teaching karate, another was looking into underwritting but found a contract in SC... you get the picture.

Ya gotta eat...

[MI Cherie]

6. Unemployed to ...

... underemployed. Having to work for: less money, less or limited, if any, benefits, willing to surrender bodily fluids, just to pay the bills and eat.

Or: Max out the home equity, charge up the credit cards, bankruptcy, foreclosure.

The picture isn't very pretty.