Hi, my name is Mike and I’m from KwaZulu-Natal.
Let me set the record straight. Ugly Ass Opinion has no problem with people from other countries. Ugly Ass Opinion has no qualms about people trying to better their financial status for themselves and their families. They have every right to pursue such goals whether they live in the Ukraine or Detroit. What Ugly Ass Opinion takes issue with are American companies firing the locals in order to hire cheap, overseas labor they attempt to pass off as Americans. Y’all, that just ain’t right.
It’s not about where someone is from, what they may look like or what language they speak. I don’t care if someone is purple with blue stripes and a bull ring through his nose. If an American company is paying him $3 a day to read off cue cards in Swahili, he shouldn’t be calling my house and announcing his name is Mike.
All I’m asking is for greedy companies to be honest. Just once I’d like to see an ad that reads, “We offer the BEST overseas telemarketing crew money can buy!” or maybe, “Need Customer Service? Call 1-800-TALK-TO-MAKWETU” Oh! Oh! I know: “XYZ Company: Proud to be American (owned).”
Now before I get nasty comments I suggest re-reading my opening paragraph. To these companies of which I speak (and you all know who you are) let me say this: If you’re going to pay a wage, pay a fair wage. I don’t care what the cost of living is in other countries. If you publicly call yourself an American company, hire Americans. If you call yourself a multi-national company, hire whomever you choose but don’t pay slave wages. Just because you can get cheap labor doesn’t mean you should. It’ll bite you in the ass one day. Think you can’t afford it? Bet the donation of your Fat Cat CEO’s Christmas bonus could go a long, long way.
And for goodness gracious gravy’s sake, if you give someone a job and the man’s name is Baingan, have enough class to give him his dignity. He shouldn’t have to call himself Mike.
This article is an original post from www.UglyAssOpinion.com © Kelly L. Trainor 2008 All Rights Reserved
February 22, 2008 at 5:24 am
Your Blog is entertaining me, I love it
Hope you keep on posting great stuff
regards, terry
ps - sorry im not that good in writing in english because I came from europe - but i understand a lot
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