Rigo Flores Tafoya
Martin
BA 353
2pm

Job offshoring Throughout the last decade, there has been a rapid increase of jobs being sent overseas to countries like China and India due to the lower costs of production. In the beginning only jobs related to manufacturing and production of goods were outsourced, today any job that does not require a physical presence could be potentially sent overseas and done for a much cheaper cost than if it were maintained in the United States. There are individuals who believe that the offshoring is negatively affecting the U.S by reducing the amount of jobs available for workers or those in search of jobs. It is true that by offshoring, companies eventually must lay off workers associated with careers in the affected department of the company, but it could eventually lead to the development of new jobs. When a company sends jobs overseas, it gives a company the opportunity to focus on certain tasks that would have not been possible due to higher costs or other constrained resources. For example, a company may take up a new project, open up a new office, or focus on a new market segment. All of these would require the hiring of new employees, thus creating jobs and filling come of the void created when jobs were sent overseas. There are individuals who believe that U.S companies should keep jobs within the country and would impose stiff penalties on companies who would choose to violate certain proposed laws. Companies choosing to go against these laws would be required to report any overseas operations and pay a hefty tax/fee proportional to the activity reported. By doing this, a large majority of organizations would be very hesitant to manufacture and provide services outside of the country and thus create a fairly good amount of the jobs that would hopefully reduce the unemployment rate. Only global wide