Outsourcing blues

I’m hanging at Charlie Brown’s with some people from my wife’s office to say goodbye to some people who were laid off to make room for an outsourcing company.

Not unusual, I know, but nevertheless, it made for some interesting discussion.

Basically, what the people at Charlie Brown’s were saying was that the outsourcing has resulted in significant extra work for the people left behind because the outsourcing company — in this case in India but it could be a company located down the street — had no stake in the outcome, in whether their work helped the bottom line for the company they were contracted to.

It’s a sad situation that needs remedy.

Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet