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At the University of California's San Francisco campus, 79 IT employees lost their jobs this week, some of them after explaining to their replacements at Indian outsourcing firm HCL how to do their jobs.
The union representing the employees, University Professional and Technical Employees CWA Local 9119, says it's the first time a public university has offshored American IT jobs.
In a statement sent yesterday, UPTE-CWA says the layoffs could spread, since the HCL contract can be utilized by any of the 10 campuses in the University of California system, the nation's largest public university. "US taxes should be used to create jobs in the US, not in other countries," said Kurt Ho, a systems administrator who was quoted in the union's press release. Ho was required to train his replacement as a condition of getting his severance pay.
In its statement on the matter, UCSF says that it was pushed to hire outside contractors due to "increased demand for information technology and escalating costs for these services." The university says it will save more than $30 million by hiring HCL, after seeing IT costs nearly triple between 2011 and 2016, "driven by the introduction of the electronic medical record and increased digital connectivity."
The university says 49 UCSF employees were laid off, and it will eliminate another 48 jobs that are currently vacant or filled by contractors. "UCSF will not replace UCSF IT employees with H-1B visa holders, nor will HCL," the university wrote in a statement e-mailed to Ars.
Of the 49 laid-off UCSF employees, 34 have either secured other employment or are retiring, the university said.
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by NotSanguine on Monday March 06 2017, @07:10AM (1 child)
It is not America, or India, it is the extra-national corporations who despite whatever legal documents they file exist outside of any nation and just take advantage of what ever is the most profitable jurisdiction at any given moment. For example currently Toyota produces more cars in the US and hence provides more jobs and money to the US workers than Ford does. Think of these companies in the terms of freebooters/privateers who fly a flag of convenience claiming the sovereignty of what ever nation fits the immediate need. [emphasis added]
Many large corporations, especially the muti-nationals (or extra nationals as you call them, perhaps more accurately) do engage in this sort of thing, usually to the detriment of all involved, except the MBAs and top management.
However, that's not what we're discussing here. I understand that many don't read TFA or even TFS. But geez, Louise! can't you even read the headline? This is most certainly about the United States and, more specifically, the University of California [wikipedia.org]. a public university system.
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(Score: 2) by archfeld on Monday March 06 2017, @07:03PM
I was replying to a specific point, but you are correct in this story. A publically funded educational entity should be wholly directed at educating and providing jobs to US citizens or those that are here for that purpose. In the same vein I am personally against what the NCAA has done to the education system in the US by subverting its' actual purpose of education and monopolizing huge funds for sports vs actual education.
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