By: Sara Krishnan
As people may know, throughout history, companies have outsourced labor. Outsourcing happens when companies move to a different country, usually from America. They do this because the company can pay lower wages to the workers outside of America than they do in America. They typically move to developing countries such as India where this is possible. That means that the executives and higher ranked get bigger profits. On the other hand, when companies and factories move or outsource from America to countries like India, China, and more Asian and European countries, former employees lose their jobs. The former American employees also lose money, food, and shelter. Outsourcing increases poverty, sadness, and pain for those who worked hard in America. Since 2001, America has lost nearly 3 million factory jobs. For people outside of America, outsourcing creates jobs. In emerging nations such as India or the Philippines this can be an amazing employment opportunity that would offer economic security for the people who live there. This shows that outsourcing can impact people and affect their lives in a very strong way. In your opinion, do you think companies should continue to outsource after you have heard all the disadvantages and advantages? Do you think that if companies continue to do so, it will affect us and our lives a lot more?