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Annotated Bibliography Hagerty, James R. "It's No Fun Making Toys or Toasters in the USA." Wall Street Journal. 10 Feb. 2015: B.1. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 08 May 2016. Marshmallow Fun Co., like many other companies in the United States, relies exclusively on contract manufacturers in China to produce their products. The reason so many companies rely on contract manufacturers from other countries is because there are few contract manufacturers in the U.S. who are willing to make consumer products on a large scale. Also, contract manufacturers in the U.S. only make specific parts, as opposed to contract manufacturers in China who make finished products. American companies who decide to use contract manufacturers oftentimes choose to focus …show more content…

companies, who now employ more than one million Filipino employees who work at call centers. Many of these employees, such as Joahnna Horca, make up to $700 a month, which is more than many general physicians in the Philippines make. Filipino college graduates like Horca dominate every task known as business process outsourcing. As a result, the Philippines has become America's top site for voice related work in business outsourcing. This has propelled the economy of the Philippines into one of the fastest growing economies in Asia. The relatively good pay and high demand will continue to draw young Filipinos to these jobs, which will continue to grow business …show more content…

grow. However, many companies are using these visas to outsource jobs American jobs. For example, young workers from India who work for giant American outsourcing companies are brought to the U.S., trained by American workers, and sent back to India to train other workers to perform and take over those jobs. Thousands of American workers are being laid off after the foreign workers are trained and then sent back to their country. This is heavily controversial because these foreign workers on visas do not appear to have any exceptional skills, which is the whole purpose of the visa. The only purpose of hiring them is so that companies can obtain cheaper

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