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Old 07-18-2016, 08:15 AM
 
Location: Sonoran Desert
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I dunno about that; my company has internal support in the Philippines and I don't think they're easy to understand at all. My coworkers are almost 100% Indian and I can understand most of them, though every day I have to ask at least one of them to repeat something.
One adjusts to the cadence and inflection. I hired a couple Indian grad student interns once and it was two weeks before we could communicate without pointing and drawing. It got much easier as time went on.
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Old 07-18-2016, 08:18 AM
 
Location: Native of Any Beach/FL
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Which ones? I'd much prefer giving my business to a company that actually hires Americans

good luck-- many companies are being sold to foreign investors=== soooooo
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Old 07-18-2016, 08:22 AM
 
Location: Texas
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Default Verizon outsourcing to India

And?

So called "American" corporations have been outsourcing their so-called "customer service" functions to India for years now.

After all, India has the world's largest population of English speakers.
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Old 07-18-2016, 08:56 AM
 
Location: NYC
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If the democrats win the white house, they will allow all companies unlimited access to oversea workers.

Hillary openly supports free trade but not fair trade.
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Old 07-18-2016, 09:05 AM
 
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If the democrats win the white house, they will allow all companies unlimited access to oversea workers.

Hillary openly supports free trade but not fair trade.
Dude, it's 2016. This has been going on for DECADES, REGARDLESS of who's in office. Give it a rest already.
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Old 07-18-2016, 09:19 AM
 
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Dude, it's 2016. This has been going on for DECADES, REGARDLESS of who's in office. Give it a rest already.

It has, and you are correct but that doesn't mean we can't try to put a stop to it.
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Old 07-18-2016, 09:20 AM
 
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It has, and you are correct but that doesn't mean we can't try to put a stop to it.
Right, so why not just go ahead & blame the democrats again, brilliant.
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Old 07-18-2016, 09:35 AM
 
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Right, so why not just go ahead & blame the democrats again, brilliant.

No, I will admit , the blame is on both parties. I've said this before, the GOP and the Democrats are like the legs on a huge body. Sometimes one leg is swinging forward , others it is moving back...but the body as a whole is moving forward.
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Old 07-18-2016, 12:21 PM
 
Location: NYC
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Dude, it's 2016. This has been going on for DECADES, REGARDLESS of who's in office. Give it a rest already.
You are correct that both parties are responsible but what you're suggestion is to skip voting. The reason no party has control of the white house for more than 2 consecutive terms since Reagan-Bush is because since the Democrats recaptured the WH with Clinton, the country embraced globalism with the Dems. The reason Bush W reclaimed the WH because Bill Clinton's scandals and NAFTA has started moving jobs away. While Bush W. was no job saver he did leverage cheap money and spread it with the people.

Obama killed the middle class and created this huge income inequality because banking regulation made it impossible for small businesses and middle class to borrow because the Fed no longer wants to insure loans against risky borrowing. Anyone without good or no credit gets no money while the big business has unlimited cheap capital.

Sure is great when Apple can borrow cheap money and turn around and sell their own bonds. They can do rinse and repeat without doing any business with consumers

The results today because of Fed's heavy regulation is going to cause people to vote against Obama/Hillary.
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Old 07-18-2016, 12:37 PM
 
Location: Fiorina "Fury" 161
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How do you stop it? The only sustainable solution without getting the Congress involved is consumer backlash. I see a few card companies advertising their reps are all US based, but not many.
I haven't done it specifically, but I'm sure a consumer could ask to speak to an American rep before continuing the phone call. Demand it, actually. I'm sure they'd be able to patch you through to someone in the U.S. If we got a large movement of people doing that, it could affect change.

I once called Sirus about a connection issue. First I got an Indian rep who couldn't solve the problem. Then they patched me through to some guy in the Midwest, and I was shocked. He couldn't solve the problem either, so I was patched through to a third guy in India. Turns out it was a contract issue for why I couldn't receive service on a new radio, but the Midwest guy was in good spirits, and that's the positive I could take from the situation, although it's sad that I never expected to speak with an American when I called.
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