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"Should companies be taking advantage of low wages in other countries instead of paying market value?" If someone leaves a programming job in India to take a p
by DINKDINK 12y ago
"Should companies be taking advantage of low wages in other countries instead of paying market value?"
If someone leaves a programming job in India to take a programming job in the USA, they're implicitly saying, This is a better deal for me. The only unethical/anticompetative practice was that someone created an artificial barrier (often pushed through legislation because of xenophobia) to keep "others" out. If you don't think we should the USA should be hiring talented people from India, do you think California should prevent people from Seattle from working in California?
Where would you draw the line?
- jakevn 12y agoI don't want to draw the line simply because I think it's too much a matter of opinion. To me, it's not about widely applicable ethics. I think companies should have the right to hire people from other countries and pay them low(er) wages. Or at least, they should have the right until there's some agreeable line that can be drawn (unlikely). I simply would lose respect for that company because I think the decent thing is to pay wages based on merit. I believe paying wages based on where someone is from is on the same level as squeezing as many hours as possible out of your workforce. In my eyes, it's irresponsible and not respectable.