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Subject:RE: This from the NWU From:"Goldstein, Dan" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 9 Mar 2004 13:39:12 -0500
The description below includes several extrapolations that are not stated
in, or even directly supported by, the cited research paper:
* "these professions are _expected_ to be offshored" [my emphasis]
* "no raises or bonus, ever"
* "for the rest of their lives in that profession"
The situation is serious, and the research paints a discouraging picture.
However, distorting the research results won't improve the situation.
Dan Goldstein
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michele Davis
> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 12:48 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: This from the NWU
>
> According to UC Berkeley research, the following 37
> professions are at
> risk of being offshored. These professions can be telecommuted, which
> means these professions are expected to be offshored. If US
> workers in
> these professions manage to survive offshoring, they will face either
> lower salaries (due to lower pay for these jobs in Southeast Asia) or
> stagnating salaries (i.e., no raises or bonus, ever) for the rest of
> their lives in that profession. If you are in these fields, consider
> moving into a job that can not be telecommuted. Research paper at The
> New Wave of Outsourcing
>
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