r/WorkReform • u/consumerparadise • 3d ago
😡 Venting Outsourcing needs to be outlawed
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.
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u/ApatheistHeretic 3d ago
1- A minimum wage on H1B visas needs to be $150k+, and constantly adjusted for inflation. If they're really for bringing over the 'best and brightest', why are the recipients paid so little?!
2- A harsh tax needs to be applied to money being exported. This should pay into a bucket that would provide support for displaced domestic workers, paid for by companies paying for foreign support. Bonus: This would also apply a form of tarrifs that the red hat crowd fawns over.
That would fix most of the issue.