Re: MauiJNP/Hershey's


Judith Althouse wrote:

> IMO the outsourcing of one job, is one too many.


Unfortunately, the whole outsourcing-to-overseas issue is a complex one that the majority of people in this country are not really willing to commit 100% to doing everything they can to stop it -- which would basically mean refusing to buy anything made overseas. Too many people in the US want their cheaply-priced stuff and don't care that the quality is bad.

I am in an industry that is moving to aggressively outsource the work done to overseas, and the quality of the work done overseas is bad and not likely to improve, but unfortunately people as a whole have gotten "hooked" on low prices and are not willing to pay more money for a quality product in a business environment because it hurts their personal bottom line (Aaron Feuerstein excepted, of course -- he paid the price of bankruptcy for the courage of his convictions, and for that I salute him and wish there were more like him, because if there were, he probably would not have had to pay that price.). My pay has dropped 40% in the last 3-4 years, and if I have to replace any of the work I do today my pay will probably drop another 30-40%.


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