I think the exporting of jobs from this country of ours is merely down to the fact of the government providing such a cushty option for the people that do not want to work.
The average working person who have worked for long periods of their life and foolishly bought their own property and then due to no fault of their own endure a period of unemployment gets nothing from the state only a meagre amount to live on.
On the reverse side the benefits offered to those who have lived off the state and are in council or rented property come out on top every time.
The issue of Call Centres moving abroad for cheap labour is nothing compared to the scandalous wages that others endure.
If a Call Centre moves abroad there is usually uproar as this thread has proved with insinuations of they are taking British Jobs etc.
You have an option if you feel that strongly do not use them and boycott them.
However I donââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t see people refraining from eating Chocolate or drinking coffee because of the scandalous measures these firms use.
The answer is simple and is because the market is there for it and not many have bothered to question the ethics behind it.
Take for example coffee and chocolate you don't know for sure which country the cocoa comes from.
Chances are though it is more than likely it will be The Ivory Coast which makes at least half of the world's cocoa.
We spend 4 billion a year on chocolate and not one of the manufacturers are prepared to discuss the issue of child labour.
Instead they come out with some crap that by 2005 we should be guaranteed that our chocolate is not produced with child slave labour by way of some protocol they have signed which doesnââ‚ƚ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t exist.
A BBC reporter summed it up quite recently when he went looking for such evidence of child labour saying within 30 minutes he found them wearing grubby clothing and carrying machetes with the oldest being 13 and the younger ones in the group didnâ₠¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t even know their age hinting they maybe as young as 6 or 7.
As the journalist was talking to them their boss turned on a bike looking for them and he was only 15 himself.
All of these kids were passed between coffee and cocoa farms depending on seasons and paid an equivalent of £1 per day between the 10 of them.
A reasonable wage not for the hot and tiring work of being bent over in a field all day picking.
**** like this happens and still goes on but at the end of the day will people stop dialling these call centres or stop eating chocolate or drinking coffee.
I think not.
A call centre over in India for example would be a welcome addition to them and more than a likely a nice safe environment to work in and to them good money regardless of our ethics.
We live the life of luxury here compared to some of the third world countries.
