Similarities Between Job Outsourcing And The Grapes Of Wrath
Outsourced Jobs in America Outsourcing has continued to grow at an astounding rate over the last fifteen rates. The similarities between job outsourcing and The Grapes of Wrath extend much deeper than what may be seen at the surface. Similar to how migrants fled to California due to fake advertising of jobs in newspapers, many immigrants migrate to America in search of a better job, only to find that the jobs that they are seeking are being transferred to developing countries. Over the last seven years, over three million jobs in the country have been moved to developing countries which can provide a more skilled workforce for a lower wage than America. Jobs that require an advanced skill set, such as in the information technology industry,
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Ma begins to look for a job and a farmer tells her that he will pay ninety cents. He later says that in a couple months, the pay will be nearly sixty cents (Steinbeck 421). This short conversation shows how workers who are willing to be paid less are able to steal jobs from the people currently working on the fields. This sort of competition lead to wages being decreased to less than a nickel in some cases. Similarly, many companies choose to outsource jobs to foreign countries because their wages are much lower than those of American workers. By outsourcing jobs, major corporations are able to save millions of dollars on salaries alone. In a recent study, it was found that seventy three percent of companies outsource jobs because it is cheaper to hire foreign workers. In fact, a company can hire up to five chinese workers in the same salary as one American worker (Fillion). The competitions to keep lower wages is now being fought from country to country, most of them are nations with developing economies whose best interests are in attracting large corporations such as Microsoft. Often times the loss of high paying jobs leads to a demand in lower paying jobs which makes the wages of the lower paying jobs decrease even farther, similar to what happened in The Grapes of Wrath
Ma begins to look for a job and a farmer tells her that he will pay ninety cents. He later says that in a couple months, the pay will be nearly sixty cents (Steinbeck 421). This short conversation shows how workers who are willing to be paid less are able to steal jobs from the people currently working on the fields. This sort of competition lead to wages being decreased to less than a nickel in some cases. Similarly, many companies choose to outsource jobs to foreign countries because their wages are much lower than those of American workers. By outsourcing jobs, major corporations are able to save millions of dollars on salaries alone. In a recent study, it was found that seventy three percent of companies outsource jobs because it is cheaper to hire foreign workers. In fact, a company can hire up to five chinese workers in the same salary as one American worker (Fillion). The competitions to keep lower wages is now being fought from country to country, most of them are nations with developing economies whose best interests are in attracting large corporations such as Microsoft. Often times the loss of high paying jobs leads to a demand in lower paying jobs which makes the wages of the lower paying jobs decrease even farther, similar to what happened in The Grapes of Wrath