Do you like people to follow you everywhere for 4 weeks in your workplace?

@scheng1 (24649)
Singapore
October 6, 2015 2:58am CST
This is the way that US companies are treating their workers who have been working faithfully for many years. The US companies let outsourcing companies send their staff to shadow their employees for a few weeks. The outsourced staff even follow the employees to the toilets. In the end, the jobs get outsourced to overseas, and the workers are laid off.
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Patsie Hatley is Deceased
@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
29 Apr 16
maybe some do but where I worked there was no outsourcing as I worked as a nurses aide most of my working life and as apage in local library for 23 years ot outsorcing there either.
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scheng1
@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
29 Apr 16
Some of the library jobs in our countries are outsourced to the agencies. As a result, they get paid much less than the library staff, and with no benefit.
Ricki Dillane
@ricki_911 (21625)
• Toronto, Ontario
6 Oct 15
Sadly, in society now a days it's all about money and how to save it. So many overseas companies will do the cheapier and really have no laws like the US does.
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scheng1
@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
7 Oct 15
The investors will be happy about the move, but I personally think it is stupid to exchange short term gain for long term harm. If every company does that, there will no longer be working adults in US, and nobody has the money to buy the products.
sofs
@sofssu (23660)
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6 Oct 15
Its sounds so unfair.. don't these employees have protection clause to protect them from termination without a valid cause?
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scheng1
@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
6 Oct 15
It is the right of a company to hire and fire. As long as the company is giving them termination notice or notice in lieu of pay, there is nothing that the employees can do. It is an big problem for the developed nations. They just cannot stop the jobs from leaving the country.