[extropy-chat] 'Unskilled jobs to go in 10 years'

[Samantha Atkins]

The way to make it realistic is to count the number of  domestic jobs
of various types as against the number of people needing jobs and
having various levels of skills.  I believe you will find we have an
increasing problem.

-s


On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 23:18:41 -0500 (EST), Rik van Riel <riel at surriel.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, Damien Broderick wrote:
> 
> > There will be no jobs for unskilled workers in Britain within 10 years,
> > the leading employers' organisation claims today.
> >
> > The prediction is based on the growth in "outsourcing" manufacturing and
> > sales jobs abroad to economies where staff are hired at a fraction of
> > the cost.
> 
> "Why is the office so dirty?"
> 
> "We outsourced our janitor to India"
> 
> Lets face it, the people doing "high skill" jobs need to be
> taken care of. They need to be fed, have their offices cleaned,
> people need to take deliveries, send around packages, mow the
> lawn, etc...
> 
> I suspect quite a few of the "unskilled labor jobs" cannot be
> outsourced, making the scare story above quite unrealistic.
> 
> Rik
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