Tag: outsourcing

Repatriation of workers should match a repatriation of jobs

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Repatriation of workers should match a repatriation of jobs

The lessons learnt from outsourcing was long in coming. “Cheap” manufacturing meant taking “cost” advantage of foreign exchange and purchasing power disparities between rich nations and poor ones. And the low costs that were outcomes of these arrangements were bandied as “efficiency gains” in the home market despite no real operating efficiencies being actually realised…

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US anti-outsourcing bill: Why Filipinos should be worried

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US anti-outsourcing bill: Why Filipinos should be worried

Not surprisingly, there is a growing public and political lash out against outsourcing in recession-hit America. An “anti-outsourcing” bill had recently been introduced in the United States House of Representatives to implement measures that would, in effect, penalise businesses that relocate their call centres offshore. “Outsourcing is one of the scourges of our economy and…

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The PALEA Assault on the Filipino People

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The PALEA Assault on the Filipino People

I have been following the bizarre drama of Philippine Airlines, “the world’s most entertaining air carrier”, for nearly a year as it has struggled mightily – and at times, comically so – towards implementing an outsourcing plan which PAL hopes will turn its financial fortunes around. The sticking point throughout the whole sorry saga has…

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