Adam Maas wrote:
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Tom C <[email protected]> wrote:
Tell all that you just said to all the US citizens out of work right
now, while Indians claiming to have similar skills and skill levels
are employed. See the disconnect? There's a reason and it's not
because they are superior or perform at a higher level.
I just got off a project where three skilled American workers were let
go and the jobs filled by landed Asians and/or offshore workers. We
were told it was price.
Market Rate is a euphemism. They come over and work at a lower rate,
hence they define the market rate.
Tom
Seen it happen on occasion. Almost overwhelmingly when you had a local
worker whose skillset and paycheck exceeded the actual needs of the
position. Prior to offshoring they'd get layed off and replaced by a
younger, less experienced worker.
But since there's a lack of those, the foreigners get the job
instead. Ain't nothing new. In fact there's a new variant of it now,
where jobs are being moved from high-cost areas in the US (California
New York and Massachussetts most notably) to lower-cost areas within
the US for much the same reasons. The other option is to cut corners
elsewhere and hope you don't become uncompetitive and we've all seen
how well that worked for GM and Chrysler.
Market rate is the price at which you can get somebody competent to do
the job. If Americans aren't willing to work for that money, well,
they aren't going to work.
Often they aren't offered that choice.
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