[oceanview]

those companies don't care - because the entire global labor pool is available to them for many of their positions. technology, accounting, customer service, engineering - they can get it all offshore for less. unless you are in the executive suite, legal, sales and marketing, or a job that requires a physical presence - you can be offshored.

[schu]

Sure, some jobs can be off-shored, but those are more repetitive jobs where the skills are not as critical to the business. That is going to happen, the laws of economics are irrefutable, they just have a longer time constant.

What about the side that creates real value, sales people, product development, creative/artistic skills, knowledge workers. These skills are NOT readily available for outsourcing and many times they are only suitable for local people. Companies are treating these folks like dirt, they will regret it.