Call center Bill, a good move by Tim Bishop?

[immortal]

I often hear about unemployment and discouragement towards outsourcing of jobs from random people in US whom I occasionally meet in IRC. There is often a common strong voice lifted against jobs going overseas and most of them are looking out for jobs. While some display anger others say that people should be recruited based on their meritocracy. So someone had to pull the breaks on companies outsourcing jobs outside and it came at the right time, a bill by congressman Tim Bishop which targets to put the breaks on relocation of call center workplaces to the more cheaper overseas locations. Will this be enough to tackle the increase in unemployment rate or whether more outside measures has to be taken like increasing the standards of the educational system? Does this mean that US will adopt more protectionist measures in the future?

 

Is it a good move, would you back the party which will claim to ensure that this bill will be amended as a law in the coming next year elections? What do you guys think and how the global world would react to this?

 

 

The Anti-Outsourcing Bill was introduced in the house on Dec 21.

 

The Official Bill can be found here.

 

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Edited December 23, 2011 by immortal

[iNow]

It appears very much like an attempt to treat the symptoms instead of the cause. If they are worried about unemployment, they should engage in actions which would create jobs, like enhancement of green energy programs, improvements to schools, and medical support for those who make their living entrepreneurially.

 

Passing a bill that prevents call centers from being opened in other countries is the height of missing the forest for the trees. It's like saying you're trying to treat alcoholism by outlawing one brand of beer. Those call center positions are really jobs that most people don't want, that will do little to help the economy overall (as there simply aren't enough of them), and that will put companies out of business if sales and revenues don't increase enough to cover the added cost of those US workers they're now forced to employ in US call centers.

 

Although... such a law might help a few technology companies who offer conditionally routed phone trees, as companies would implement these more rapidly to minimize the need for humans on a phone... It's a one time investment up front instead of a recurring investment in headcount (with the salary, taxes, benefits, operating overhead, and other costs that come with that headcount).

Edited December 23, 2011 by iNow

[JohnB]

Although... such a law might help a few technology companies who offer conditionally routed phone trees, as companies would implement these more rapidly to minimize the need for humans on a phone...

 

Thank you very much Mary Poppins.....You've just detailed my worst nightmare, more of those damn things.