Video player not working?0:000:000:00SettingsQualityAutoAudioSpeed1×CaptionsOffMore American Workers Outsource Their JobsDula TVFunny videos since 2008Thumbs up0Thumbs down0 Share1.7K views May 2009A satirical news report follows an accountant who pays workers in India to do his job, as managers and other employees outsource their work abroad. Show transcript0:06A new report from the Department of Labor finds an increasing number of American workers are outsourcing their jobs.0:12For more on this crucial issue, let's go to Joshua Russell in the Money Room.0:16Thanks, Brandon. For years, corporations have been outsourcing their labor to developing nations as a way to cut costs, but recently, many individual employees have been sending their own work overseas.0:28I take the money that I would have spent on coffee and pay someone in India to do my job for me.0:33It's allowed me to unleash my full potential.0:36Philadelphia accountant Donald Felton outsources the majority of his daily workload to Jahanara Kashem, an accountant based in Bangalore, India.0:43I get my assignment from my supervisor and I send it off to Jahanara.0:47Sometimes I'll, I'll look at it when it's done, but usually everything's right.0:52Mr. Kashem says he's extremely happy with a 68 cents an hour Donald pays him.0:56I'm able to feed my family, and Mr. Felton can devote more time to his fantasy football team.1:02And Donald is just one of the close to 700,000 workers who've come to rely on overseas labor.1:07I've actually gotten 2 raises since Jahnar started. He's really good at doing my work.1:11But it's not just lower level employees who have embraced the trend.1:14At Donald's firm, many senior level managers are now outsourcing their jobs as well.1:19Workers representing the company's executive officers meet via conference call every Friday.1:23That is totally1:24I don't think Mr. Richmond will agree with those cuts. He feels very strongly we need the consulting.1:28We need paradigm shifting solutions.1:31Okay, we're all in the same team here.1:33Some overseas workers have done so well, they've been able to outsource their own outsourced work to those even poorer than themselves.1:39I pay a starving manager company one handful of times per day to fill out the expense reports that are sent to me from the US.1:46Analysts predict that if the trend continues by 2025, the world's poorest man, Ahmed Khalili of Afghanistan, will be doing 83% of the globe's work.1:54It's a scenario that would suit Donald Felton just fine.1:57I'm trying to get to a point where I can just lay in one place and not have to do anything ever.2:02For the Onion News Network, I'm Joshua Russell.2:05Thanks, Joshua. Personal outsourcing is expected to grow as much as 20% over the next 5 years, according to the Filipino team that completed the Department of Labor's report.2:14Coming up next, a new study finds the meth epidemic is hitting worthless Americans hardest.
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