Is India the New America?

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When will the insanity stop?  For some time now, CEO’s in corporate America think it’s a great idea to give away tens of thousands of jobs across America to the citizens of India. Now we are giving away our highest entertainment honor, the academy award to India too! Call me crazy, but it definitely feels like India is becoming the new America!

I have experienced firsthand, the devastation that off shoring jobs to India has done to the fabric of the American society. I am a 28 year veteran of a major well known bank. It is heart breaking to see the people I’ve worked alongside of, losing their jobs because we are “off shoring “positions to India. To add insult to injury, I have been tasked with the initiative to train these Indian new hires for the jobs they have adopted at the expense of my fallen colleagues.

 I am not prejudiced, discriminative or fault the Indian employees who are now my co-workers. I have met many of them over the last year and find that they are very warm and kind people. They are thrilled to have the opportunity to travel abroad for training (at the corporation’s expense). They are also extremely grateful to have secured a position that will now take care of the livelihood of themselves and their families back home.

Many of these individuals have relocated from remote areas of India to the major cities like Mumbai, Bangalore or New Delhi. The population in India far outweighs the job availability. In the city of Mumbai alone, there are over 19 million people. This makes India the perfect population to tap into since there is much more supply than there is demand. They are well educated, starting school at the age of three and continuing until they graduate a four year college.  Mastering English writing and language is mandatory in their education. It is a part of the elementary school curriculum that begins in pre-school!