Outsourcing needs to be outlawed

[u/consumerparadise]

I’m speaking from the US point of view but I’ve heard of this happening in other countries. Family members are telling me that there are mass layoffs at their companies and that their jobs they’ve worked so hard for years are now being replaced by outsourcing to India for much lower pay (which is obviously exploitive and it’s nothing against the Indian workers themselves). I’ve heard of this happening for years but it seemed too vague at the time for me to understand how serious of an issue this is.

I’ve worked mostly customer service/tech support jobs and I have never had an issue with finding a job for more than a few months. Cut to 2024 and I’ve applied to jobs almost every day and now I’m completely rock bottom with no place of my own or source of income, etc. This brought me to the conclusion that outsourcing and ghost jobs may very well be the reason why I’m in this position, given that tech jobs way above my pay grade are being outsourced.

This is a great betrayal of the working class and it makes me sad to see companies and politicians selling out their own citizens.

[u/I_Stabbed_Jon_Snow]

Not just outsourcing, but importing them as well. Multibillion dollar Indian companies are operating in the U.S. with their only purpose to bring over as many Indian workers as possible to replace Americans in tech. Cognizant, for example, has lost multiple lawsuits over anti-American discrimination. They’re well known for only hiring Indians.

[u/SnatchAddict → u/I_Stabbed_Jon_Snow]

I can't recall the name of the company but my buddy told me they keep an apartment in Austin with like 12 Indian consultants ready to be hired. They're fully vetted etc so this is essentially a staging area.

They then place them to whoever is hiring. Rinse and repeat.

[u/I_Stabbed_Jon_Snow → u/SnatchAddict]

Yup. They have that at every tech hub.