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CBA hiring Indian ICT workers after firing Australians

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Re: CBA hiring Indian ICT workers after firing Australians

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post #5

Isn't this good? I thought outsourcing meant we get cheaper goods like iPhones and laptops. Now we can outsource middle-class service jobs for cheaper services?

Not sure if sarcasm but let's just obliterate the west's middle class. I'm sure all will be fine.

Re: CBA hiring Indian ICT workers after firing Australians

#13
This reporting is somewhat dishonest it fails to disclose ACS's vested interests...

ACS has a nice government-granted monopoly on assessing the qualifications of work visa applicants (at significant cost) so anyone reducing the demand for IT worker visas (by off-shoring those jobs) is going to hurt ACS directly.

Re: CBA hiring Indian ICT workers after firing Australians

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post #5

Isn't this good? I thought outsourcing meant we get cheaper goods like iPhones and laptops. Now we can outsource middle-class service jobs for cheaper services?

Its not simply outsourcing. Its using offshoring to hypocritically, dishonestly and deliberately trash native jobs and salaries, while (normally) maintaining those of the decision-makers. I'm not against realistic economics and open markets leading to a more balanced world, but this is just shark-toothed capitalism with contempt for individuals and the societies the organisations exist in.

That is the nativist view, yes. But I am not a nativist. Let every member of our species compete on a fair playing field without government interference, regardless of their birth circumstances.

Re: CBA hiring Indian ICT workers after firing Australians

#15

This reporting is somewhat dishonest it fails to disclose ACS's vested interests... ACS has a nice government-granted monopoly on assessing the qualifications of work visa applicants (at significant cost) so anyone reducing the demand for IT worker visas (by off-shoring those jobs) is going to hurt ACS directly.

itym "assessing"

that is also approximately all ACS does as far as I remember, they seem to never lobby for anything useful or go against the government for the exact same reason.

Re: CBA hiring Indian ICT workers after firing Australians

#16
post #5

Isn't this good? I thought outsourcing meant we get cheaper goods like iPhones and laptops. Now we can outsource middle-class service jobs for cheaper services?

Not sure if sarcasm but let's just obliterate the west's middle class. I'm sure all will be fine.

We did it for all the working class jobs though? Plus the media says all economists agree that protectionist policies are bad... I read that paying workers first-world salary to make things in first-world countries will increase product and service costs which is bad for economy. Apparently if the West can't compete with third-world labour it's better to just outsource the those uncompetitive manual labour and service jobs.

Re: CBA hiring Indian ICT workers after firing Australians

#17
post #2

We just did that and blamed it on AI. Amazing how you can AI to increase stock price and bury things at the same time! (And yes we are pissed about it)

Yes, the australians seem to be a bit behind the times.

Look out for the new round of layoffs that get blamed on "AI" next year?

Re: CBA hiring Indian ICT workers after firing Australians

#18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Its not simply outsourcing. Its using offshoring to hypocritically, dishonestly and deliberately trash native jobs and salaries, while (normally) maintaining those of the decision-makers. I'm not against realistic economics and open markets leading to a more balanced world, but this is just shark-toothed capitalism with contempt for individuals and the societies the organisations exist in.

That is the nativist view, yes. But I am not a nativist. Let every member of our species compete on a fair playing field without government interference, regardless of their birth circumstances.

Some people "compete" with bombs and guns, when they feel they were screwed over.

Re: CBA hiring Indian ICT workers after firing Australians

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post #17
post #2

We just did that and blamed it on AI. Amazing how you can AI to increase stock price and bury things at the same time! (And yes we are pissed about it)

Yes, the australians seem to be a bit behind the times. Look out for the new round of layoffs that get blamed on "AI" next year?

its funny but this is true, oh.. we did teach the rest of the west about offshoring refugees, something to be proud of.
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