U.S. Firms Export 'Good' Jobs to India.
Jeff Ostrowski.
- Palm Beach Post, 2003.
- SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 57, Business, 1522-3191; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: U.S. Firms Export 'Good' Jobs to India, Aug. 3, 2003; pp. 1F+.
"A decade ago, a wag famously warned of the giant sucking sound from Mexico, which threatened to steal America's working-class jobs. Today, the giant sucking sound comes from a different spot on the globe, and it menaces a different type of worker. India increasingly is landing high-skilled, highly paid positions for engineers, accountants and financial analysts formerly employed in the United States." (PALM BEACH POST) This article reports that many U.S. companies have discovered that "well-educated, English-speaking workers come cheaper in India than in the United States."
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