Re: [PLUG] Interesting Outsourcing Article...

[Art Clemons <artclemons@aol.com>]

rebecca.ore@verizon.net wrote:
> I've ended up back in adjunct teaching.  I'm stil not quite sure what I
> think of it, other than it's nice to have the writing credits count for
> me instead of against, and weird to hear about people doing critical
> work on me.  I don't know if it's an option for everyone, though.

I've always viewed adjuncts as the equivalent of post docs only without 
benefits, office space or enough pay, still it is honest work (yes I 
know post-docs are really underpaid).  In fact I view the practice as a 
means of reducing costs more than anything else.  It might make sense if 
adjunct profs were employed elsewhere and a school needed skills only 
available from that prof, but that's not what or how adjuncts are treated.


> My guess is that not all of it will stay out-sourced.  A number of small
> specialty factories in the north couldn't move south because they needed
> specially trained skilled workers.  Southern school wouldn't train high
> school students in some trades because the jobs weren't there.  

This is becoming a spiral downward for everyone, I meet people working 
for the same salary they used to get, only they don't have benefits and 
they can be terminated at will or at the need of the employer. 
Eventually, people will realize that a living wage in the US is actually 
worth paying even if cheaper help is available overseas.  For example, I 
wonder how much it costs to be sure that someone in India actually is 
doing the work contracted for.

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