{"id":475,"date":"2006-06-13T01:00:12","date_gmt":"2006-06-13T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/?p=475"},"modified":"2006-06-12T20:57:51","modified_gmt":"2006-06-13T04:57:51","slug":"its-offshoring-not-outsourcing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/?p=475","title":{"rendered":"It’s Offshoring, Not Outsourcing!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am taking a break this week from my discussion of vendor management in order to use this particular platform to rant a bit about a pet peeve of mine.\u00a0 As the title suggests, it\u2019s to rant about the misuse of the word \u201coutsourcing\u201d when people are really referring to \u201coffshoring\u201d.<\/p>\n

Today, I read this article from the Washington Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Special correspondent John Zarocostas in Geneva interviewed John J. Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO, last week on the sidelines of the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) ministerial conference about the challenges of globalization and outsourcing and the prospects for employment<\/strong>. The conference began May 31 and runs through Friday.<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The millions of people who read this blog<\/strong> and these words will undoubtedly cringe when outsourcing is mentioned with such derision.\u00a0 OK, well yeah, I know millions aren\u2019t reading this blog, but millions are employees in THIS<\/strong> country in the outsourcing industry in some capacity.\u00a0 We on this blog work in HR and many of us owe our livings to outsourcing.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0I know many who frequent this site work with brand name outsourcing providers right here in the Good \u2018Ole US of A!\u00a0<\/p>\n

On a nightly basis we hear from Lou Dobbs about how America is going down the tubes because of the \u201cOutsourcing of America.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

PLEASE, PLEASE PLEASE<\/strong>, we must do something about this!\u00a0 We who make our livings in outsourcing, whether it be HR, payroll, benefits, finance, accounting, transportation, logistics, information technology or whatever (for goodness sakes, I even outsource my lawn maintenance!!) must do what we can to change the vernacular in this country.\u00a0 Write to Lou Dobbs and educate him.\u00a0 Let him know the proper word is OFFSHORING!\u00a0 He should be talking nightly about the \u201cOffshoring of America.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Let me get you started:<\/p>\n

Dear Mr.Dobbs,\u00a0<\/p>\n

My name is _______ and I am proud to say I am a gainfully employed taxpayer working for an outsource provider in the _____ industry right here in the USA.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I watch your program on a regular basis and marvel at how you have been able to single-handedly foster a national dialogue on the dangers of outsourcing and the “Outsourcing of America”.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The only problem, sir, is that you are misinformed. Early on in your crusade someone misled you.\u00a0 You see, outsourcing is good.\u00a0 Millions upon millions of people in this country work in the outsourcing industry. Every company in America outsources one thing or another to an American outsourcing company.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I believe the word you are really looking for is “Offshoring”.\u00a0 You see, that’s when jobs are shipped over seas.\u00a0 Please consider changing the name of your nightly segment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0Respectfully,\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0Donald Glade (insert your name)\u00a0<\/p>\n

When the vernacular is changed, maybe then we in the outsourcing industry will get our just due!\u00a0 We will be looked at as creators of jobs within our borders.\u00a0 We will be revered for the tax base we provide.\u00a0 We will be thanked for our consumerism! Never again will we be embarrassed to say what we do for a living. Never again will our children be the victims of scorn and ridicule from the kids whose parents lost jobs because of OFFSHORING!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Join me on this mission if you will.\u00a0 Take up the banner of outsourcing!\u00a0 Proclaim proudly from the mountaintops:\u00a0 Outsourcing is good!<\/p>\n

About the author \u2013 Donald Glade is President and Founder of <\/em>Sourcing Analytics, Inc.<\/a><\/em>, an independent consulting firm specializing in helping companies optimize their HR \/ benefits \/ payroll service partnerships through relationship management, financial analysis, and process improvement.<\/em><\/p>\n

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