I worked at a job for 5 years and then one day I received a phone call telling me not to show up for work the next day. Apparently they kept the outsourcing secret and then 'surprised' the whole company with mass lay-offs. It's now been two years and I still can't find a decent job. I've been working in a cafe just so I can pay my bills. My city has an all-time high unemployment rate because 3500 people lost their jobs all at once.
Why is outsourcing not illegal? It's ruining the economy!
The Corporate world is corrupt on almost every level.
Don't give yourself an ulcer fretting about it.
Instead, research your local area to discover a basic need for goods or service, find a solution to that need.
Then form your own Company and do a fantastic job.
You can never be fired and you treat your employees the way you would like to be treated.
It's hard work but the satisfaction is immense and leads to great rewards over time.
Most of America has "at will" employment, meaning employees and employers are each free to terminate their relationship with each other at any time, for any reason. This is, in general a good thing for the economy and for labor markets. It does increase "churn" i.e. turnover in jobs, but leads to higher overall employment.
Many other countries, particularly in Europe, have laws that restrict the ability of employers to fire or lay off workers. This creates a strong disincentive to hire as it means you can hardly get rid of someone you don't want once you have them. Many European countries also have high unemployment. Such laws benefit those currently employed, but hurt job seekers, hurt companies, and hurt economic growth.
The flexibility of the American labor force is a big part of our competitiveness.
Your situation is unfortunate, and I realize that my answer doesn't diminish your hardship at all, but laws such as what you are suggesting would only make it harder for you to find new employment.
Why would anyone open a business they weren't allowed to run as they see fit? Now, THAT would be bad for the economy. If you really want the system you describe, I suggest you go find yourself a nice communist country and see what it's like to live with government-run industry.
And, if you're in the US and your company laid off that many people, they would have had to give advance notice under the WARN Act, so I suspect you're exaggerating.
Companies would be willing to save on labor costs in order to gain more profit. Sad but true. The same applies to paying as little minimum wage as possible for jobs that can't be outsourced.
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I'm just going to ignore the dumb question and just point out that companies cannot be forced by governments to stay in a specific country or region. especially in free nations. i'm assuming you don't understand basic economic principles, so i will just explain. Corporations and businesses don't just move to other countries just because of cheap labor. remember. basic economics teaches us that business gravitates towards areas where local government is efficient, where taxes are cheap, regulations are modest, and skilled labor is abundant. If a corporation moves away to china, where the production quality is pretty shitty, and where they know that american consumers will obviously have a bad opinion of them, chances are the country you live in Probably isn't that attractive and they didn't have much of a choice.
america is 18 trillion dollars in debt. would you move your company to a country with that much economic instability?
i wouldn't.
Because corporations and a lot of rich people want a class system that isn't nearly as equitable as it is today. You gotta watch this southpark episode to understand it. season 8 episode 7
