Jan Coffey wrote:
>
> --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > --- Jan Coffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Sorry, but your numbers I believe are wrong. It is 1
> > > in 6 jobs that
> > > are going to India, that's not 1 in 6 tech jobs,
> > > it's 1 in 6 jobs.
> >
> > Jan, think about what you're saying here. There are
> > ~100 million jobs in the United States. 1 in 6 would
> > mean more than _15 million_ jobs had left the United
> > States. That would create unemployment rates
> > equivalent to those suffered in the Great Depression.
> > The current unemployment rate is under 6%. I'm not
> > going to ask for for a source on 1 in 6, I'm just
> > asking you to do a sanity check. Think about it.
>
> San Jose Paper. sais 1 in 6 jobs in the bay area are now or will be
> replaced by outsourcing.
Outsourcing in general, or specifically offshoring?
And how do you count someone working directly for a bay area company but
living in another state, doing it mostly by telecommuting and with
occasional visits?
Julia
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