The Lion's Pride , Vol. 5 (Feb. 2016) | Page 54

Businesses outsource as many processes as they can most any job that doesn`t have to be performed onsite will be outsourced. White-collar jobs that require years of study and come with a six-figure salary in America can be outsourced to foreign countries for a salary of U.S. minimum wage or less. These jobs were highly skilled and sought after in the United States. They were some of the best paying jobs. Any business process that doesn`t have to be completed on U.S. soil won`t be. Millions of white-collar jobs have and are continuing to be outsourced (Armour and Kessler 2003). Knowledge-related jobs can be completed anywhere in the world where there are educated people. Software companies, banks, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, architectural firms, and others are outsourcing educated jobs that Americans once did and earned a good salary on. These millions of jobs that are being sent all over the world include such things from radiologists to software designers. The foreign workers usually get paid less than U.S. minimum wage (Roberts 2003). It has been argued that offshore outsourcing creates more jobs for Americans that are better jobs than the ones outsourced. But any new jobs created are usually outsourced