IT Sweatshops Breaking Indians

Outsourcing tech jobs to India has caused turmoil for workers in the United States and Europe. But it seems it's causing turmoil for Indians, as well.

An estimated 50,000 young English-speaking Indians who work in call centers here are exposed to a host of health problems. They are usually in their early 20s, just out of college and up all night answering tech calls.

Alas!!! - Its not easy.

'Outsourcing leading to job losses is a myth'

The whole issue of outsourcing leading to job losses is a myth. Work has always been re-engineered and outsourced. Technology-based productivity increases are the reasons for job losses in manufacturing, not off-shoring! The ‘Future World of Work’ study also addressed the highly topical issue of off-shoring.

It is also a myth that China is ‘stealing’ all of USA’s manufacturing jobs. Our study has shown that over the last few years, China has lost over 15% or 16 million of its manufacturing jobs, while the US has lost around 11% or 2 million jobs during the same period. The reason appears not to be the movement of manufacturing from one country to the other, but as a result of an increase in technology, and subsequently in productivity, which in fact has risen considerably in both countries.