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fannibal @ Apr 1st 2008 10:46AM
market forces are as real as the laws of physics. Businesses are pressured to make money. Employees are pressured to make money. And discerning consumers want to get what they pay for.
Seeing how these jobs do not require a lot of education, there are plenty of people in other parts of the world who are willing to work harder for less pay. There is no way around it.
In this economy, you better specialize, or your job will get shipped elsewhere. It even applies in medicine, which is the field I am going into. Radiology is a specialty that is arleady seeing jobs being outsourced. Since looking at X-Rays and CT images doesn't require you to be actually in the US, there are some hospitals that use indian doctors to look at X-rays for them.
cowboy bob @ Apr 1st 2008 11:00AM
Fanni- you are right on. I have already seen in the machine tool business where the machines are located in one part of the world, and the machinists are located in another. It is possible to do all the programming and monitoring via the internet, with only the task of material handling being done at the manufacturing site. The equipment is self loading as to machine tools, and unskilled labor is needed only to assure material movement. Anyone who thinks they cannot do without them, has a lot to learn. All business, of any kind, will be world sourced. Keep those "strike" signs for next winter. They will be handy to burn to keep warm.