"RSCamaro" wrote | >When was the last time you called customer service or tech support? Notice | >the guy or gal had and Indian accent? | | I only hear the accent with phone spam. I ask where they are calling | from and disconnect if I don't like the answer.
I guess I cannot say the same. There are allot of companies that are based in the US that use outsourcing for their phone support and customer service. The thing that bothers me is that they surely are not paying these people much, but it is less than minimum wage here in the states. Living here in west Tennessee I see allot of people that could do jobs like that. Our particular area is pretty depressed because of companies moving their manufacturing out of the country.
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| >The US is in deep sh*t and it will only get worse if we don't stop making it | >easy for corporations to outsource their labor force. | >
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| You'd make it manditory to keep manufacturing/service/commerce/ etc. | jobs on U.S. soil?
No, of courwse not. But I WOULD make it a pain in the ass for them to do it. I would think that they should be encouraged more to stay in the states rather than rewarded for going out of the country. Maybe not force... but STRONGLY encourage them to help support the US and their own consumers.
Sounds rather communistic to me. No offense to | you Kate
None taken. I see your point, and this is after all, just a conversation :-)
but these companies are out there to make money and if they | can make it outside the shores of the U.S. well so be it.
BUT, they are making monumental profits and the people that live in their own country often cannot afford to buy their products because they are not working.
To change | it I supose you'd have to stop dealing with companies with that type | of business practice.
I try, but it's not easy. Like I said.. everything seems to be made out of the country these days.
I try to buy U.S goods whenever I can. Me too. I look at the labels all the time. Look at what is happening with the prce of raw materials. So much is being sent to China that the prices are rising here in the states because we have to compete with the Chinese for our own materials. The materials are bewing used to produce products that are being shipped right back at us and around the world. Now if these items were made here in the US, there would be a much lower jobless rate and the economy would begin to flourish again. I may be wrong, but that's a brief outline of my interpritation of the situation.
| | You are correct that there are jobs that are leaving the U.S. I don't | think that we're in trouble though. I'm sure other jobs will be along | or made to fill any void left by the ones that left. What's the | unemployment rate in the U.S. vs. the rest of the world?
I think it varies from state to state. I know you are going to think I'm nuts, but I never believe these figures. I think it's a bunch of unrealistic BS that they are trying to feed us to make us feel that we are doing ok. If we are doing so well, why is the dollar dropping? Why are so many on public assistance? Oh my goodness... my worry list just goes on and on.
| | Checking the page at the Dept. of Commerce shows the GDP - in the | first 3 quarters of this year the GDP growth rate was an incredible | 4.0%. | | ...Ron
Anyway, nothing we can do about it. So what the hell.
Kate