http://www.newmediajournal.us/staff/fisher/03012006.htmWith jobs being outsourced to various parts of the world, and with the current practices of importing cheap foreign labor, and using temporary job services we are seeing a disturbing trend of a dwindling Middle class.
Companies like Motorola and G.E. are notorious for contract labor these days, as well as redefining educational requirements that favor foreign workers over American workers. A friend of mine recently applied to a job with Motorola, after having worked there for over a decade as an engineer with an AA degree before being outsourced a few years ago.
He was told at the interview that his educational requirements were not high enough, and that the position paid him well under the 70k he was making at a rival company. The position he was told paid between 46-52k, and as posted, required at least 3 years experience in the filed he applied for, which he had 10 years. He then found out through a friend there that an edict was passed down by the president that no engineer could be hired with less than a BA degree. Doesn’t matter anymore that a person has a long history of solid work performance anymore, a high level of education is required, due mostly I think to the fact that they can more easily hire foreign labor over American workers without the fear of lawsuits.
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So for Motorola, GM, G.E., Ford, and all other companies who outsource and import cheaper labor, your days are coming. Because you have crippled the middle Class in America, and you have abused your own best customer. You can only make so much profit and then what? Personally, if I have to buy a foreign made cell phone I may as well just buy a Samsung or a LG phone. They are cheaper and work well, and not having confidence in my job anymore, I need to be thrifty. Why should I pay 400 dollars for a Motorola phone made in China and created by foreign engineers on H1-B visas when I can get one for 40 dollars?
Why should I take a beating on a new car Ford and GM, when I have no clue if my job will be around to finish the payments off in 5 years? I can get a used Toyota for a couple of grand, since Ford is made in Mexico and Canada anyway. So I may as well buy the better foreign car, even used. I will be thrifty on my way down to the bottom, as many people will.
You wanted to make cheap foreign goods, and Asia will beat you at your own game. You wanted cheap labor, so you now have to deal with the spending habits of the imported labor you bring in, which by the way tends more to the Asian market of product and not American.
Bring back our factories, and use American labor. Bring back our job security and we will buy your goods again. Keep us out on the street, and corporations will eventually be the only ones with the money to float social programs and education. If you think your taxes are high now, wait until we are all out of work and in need.
Just remember the phrase “Let them eat cake”. And remember the answer from the masses
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