Title: The Unintended Consequences of Outsourcing
Headings: The Unintended Consequences of Outsourcing
The Unintended Consequences of Outsourcing
Outsourcing Lowers Barriers to Entry and Increases Competition
Outsourcing Erodes Company Loyalty
Outsourcing Can Eliminate Jobs From the Domestic Workforce
Outsourcing Affects Insourced Countries
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Content: This possibility is more likely than ever before because of outsourcing's lower barriers to entry. Consumers can also be turned off by outsourcing. The most ubiquitous case is the outsourcing of customer support or technical support to places like India. When customers hear a foreign accent answer their call to an American company, they may lose trust in the company and could even blame that company for eliminating American jobs. The situation becomes even more sensitive when customers have to share medical or financial information with strangers overseas. Customers may band together to boycott these companies or spread negative sentiments through social media . Outsourcing Can Eliminate Jobs From the Domestic Workforce
While there is much debate as to whether or not outsourcing causes unemployment or actually adds jobs to the economy, it is obvious that it does eliminate certain kinds of work. Presumably, those workers who lose those jobs go on to get better jobs in new industries or through better training and education. Manufacturing jobs are a prime example. Today, much of what is made by American companies actually gets produced in foreign factories.