Outsourcing

Outsourcing means to purchase goods or subcontract services from an outside supplier or source. The United States and the U.K. outsource mainly to India,and Japan outsources to China. The companies that outsource are numerous and include: FirstData,Frito Lay, General Motors, Google, Apple, Bank of America, Caterpillar, Toys "R" Us, and Orbitz.
Why do these companies outsource?
Companies outsource because they can hire three people in another country for as much as they pay one person in the U.S., and the three people that they hired usually would be more educated and able to speak more than one language.


Mario2 and Lawrence2 interviewing older brother John.

1)Do you know what outsourcing is?
Yes, it is the purchasing of goods or services from outside of your country.

2)Are you upset that your job will be sent to India in less than a year?
Of course, but i will have another job by than.

3)Do you think that outsourcing is good for the U.S. economy?
No, because that means that we have less jobs in America and that there is less money being collected by the government.

4)Why do you think that companies outsource?
Companies outsource to save money and also because they are able to hire more educated employees for a lower salary.

5)Do you think that all of the outsourcing that is going on is going to make Americans work harder for there jobs?
No, because a lot of Americans don't even realize that their jobs are at risk of being outsourced, and they won't try to do anything until it is too late to save their job.