Tag: outsourcing

Repatriation of workers should match a repatriation of jobs

April 23, 2012 benign0 3 Comments

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…

Development, Economy, Money Talks

US anti-outsourcing bill: Why Filipinos should be worried

December 11, 2011 benign0 27 Comments

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…

Economy, Money Talks

The PALEA Assault on the Filipino People

September 30, 2011September 30, 2011 BenK 25 Comments

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

Economy, Media

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