Comments on: Tom Says: “It’s just getting started…” http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/tomyoung/2008/02/28/tom-says-its-just-getting-started/ Just another Rogers Radio Blog weblog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:53:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.3-2.2.1 By: John Calder http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/tomyoung/2008/02/28/tom-says-its-just-getting-started/#comment-196 John Calder Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:40:38 +0000 http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/tomyoung/2008/02/28/tom-says-its-just-getting-started/#comment-196 Thye real problem of this pick up and go to the valley of cheaper labour is going to hit a few years from now. What happens when more and more people are laid off and are forced to move and or take cheaper paying jobs? The answer is that it is already happening especially south of the border with banrupticies and forecloseures are up throwing our econimies into turmoil and shaking up the stock market. With less people making good money who will buy the products being produced overseas? Regardless of how cheap they are very few will be able to buy them and keep our economy going. Thye real problem of this pick up and go to the valley of cheaper labour is going to hit a few years from now. What happens when more and more people are laid off and are forced to move and or take cheaper paying jobs? The answer is that it is already happening especially south of the border with banrupticies and forecloseures are up throwing our econimies into turmoil and shaking up the stock market. With less people making good money who will buy the products being produced overseas? Regardless of how cheap they are very few will be able to buy them and keep our economy going.

]]> By: Lloyd Joslin http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/tomyoung/2008/02/28/tom-says-its-just-getting-started/#comment-195 Lloyd Joslin Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:17:20 +0000 http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/tomyoung/2008/02/28/tom-says-its-just-getting-started/#comment-195 We need real jobs. with everybody talking green,let us develop and expand on alternate sources of energy, the technology and expertise is here in the maritimes. aaaaall we need is leadership and tax incentives to be less dependent on NBPOWER and IRVING. All of which could be exported and sold right here at home. This would create skilled and unskilled jobs. We need real jobs. with everybody talking green,let us develop and expand on alternate sources of energy, the technology and expertise is here in the maritimes. aaaaall we need is leadership and tax incentives to be less dependent on NBPOWER and IRVING. All of which could be exported and sold right here at home. This would create skilled and unskilled jobs.

]]> By: Adam Reid http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/tomyoung/2008/02/28/tom-says-its-just-getting-started/#comment-183 Adam Reid Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:34:55 +0000 http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/tomyoung/2008/02/28/tom-says-its-just-getting-started/#comment-183 I found your comment, "most callers don’t care where the answer to their question is coming from, they just want the answer, the reservation or the product." interesting. I find for myself that yes, it's true I really don't care who or where the person is that answers my question or concern, what I hate and get incredibly annoyed at is the fact that who I may be talking to has a very thick accent (french, middle eastern, Pakistani, Asian etc.). That is what bothers me most about moving these call centres, or these so called "customer contact centres" (I guess we have to be politically correct just in case) out of our country. Another aspect that bothers me is that there are people who live here in our neighbourhood who are barely trying to make ends meet, and they, for whatever reason, can only work in a call centre and then they are laid off. First of all, it is a little difficult to maintain a household off of $10 or $12 per hour. Second, when, and I say when because I agree with you Tom, it will happen, when you are laid off, good luck finding another job. I guess you'll probably just go to another call center...excuse me "customer contact centre" and work there until you are laid off, then go to the next, then the next and the rat race continues. I have mixed feelings about globalization, or hiring cheep labour to fulfill a need. I think of the illegal immigrants in California picking the fruits and vegetables for everyone...what if there were no Mexicans, or Dominicans, or any other South American to do your job for you...what would you do? Me personally, I don't work in a call centre, I work as an accountant and financial consultant. I am married and have two young children. I guess you could say that I'm a bit old fashioned and conservative in that I hope that I can make enough money to support my family comfortably without my wife having to work as well. I know that I wouldn't be able to do that if I were working in a call centre. I think if Mr. Shawn Graham wants New Brunswick to be self-sufficient we need to do all we can to attract other income producing industries to the province to create jobs for people to do. I think it is also important that we diversify these industries. A call centre or two was a great idea back in the day, but it seems like every Tom, Dick, and Harry jumped on the band wagon and brought another call centre, and another, and another until it seems like everyone is working at a call centre. And they will leave us, and people will be left to scroung for something, creating havouc on the social assistance programs, welfare, and my pockets as, unfortunately, a tax payer. I found your comment, “most callers don’t care where the answer to their question is coming from, they just want the answer, the reservation or the product.” interesting. I find for myself that yes, it’s true I really don’t care who or where the person is that answers my question or concern, what I hate and get incredibly annoyed at is the fact that who I may be talking to has a very thick accent (french, middle eastern, Pakistani, Asian etc.). That is what bothers me most about moving these call centres, or these so called “customer contact centres” (I guess we have to be politically correct just in case) out of our country. Another aspect that bothers me is that there are people who live here in our neighbourhood who are barely trying to make ends meet, and they, for whatever reason, can only work in a call centre and then they are laid off. First of all, it is a little difficult to maintain a household off of $10 or $12 per hour. Second, when, and I say when because I agree with you Tom, it will happen, when you are laid off, good luck finding another job. I guess you’ll probably just go to another call center…excuse me “customer contact centre” and work there until you are laid off, then go to the next, then the next and the rat race continues. I have mixed feelings about globalization, or hiring cheep labour to fulfill a need. I think of the illegal immigrants in California picking the fruits and vegetables for everyone…what if there were no Mexicans, or Dominicans, or any other South American to do your job for you…what would you do?

Me personally, I don’t work in a call centre, I work as an accountant and financial consultant. I am married and have two young children. I guess you could say that I’m a bit old fashioned and conservative in that I hope that I can make enough money to support my family comfortably without my wife having to work as well. I know that I wouldn’t be able to do that if I were working in a call centre.

I think if Mr. Shawn Graham wants New Brunswick to be self-sufficient we need to do all we can to attract other income producing industries to the province to create jobs for people to do. I think it is also important that we diversify these industries. A call centre or two was a great idea back in the day, but it seems like every Tom, Dick, and Harry jumped on the band wagon and brought another call centre, and another, and another until it seems like everyone is working at a call centre. And they will leave us, and people will be left to scroung for something, creating havouc on the social assistance programs, welfare, and my pockets as, unfortunately, a tax payer.

]]> By: dennis lil book http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/tomyoung/2008/02/28/tom-says-its-just-getting-started/#comment-174 dennis lil book Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:36:48 +0000 http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/tomyoung/2008/02/28/tom-says-its-just-getting-started/#comment-174 TOM my man,its the way of the new world. average joe jobs are all headed to mexico. greed rules ,if they can make more money by moving they will!! which is a perfect lead in to my argue ment for free secondary education. yousee tom when i got out of grade 12 in 1979, a high school diploma had value, it opened up the entry level job , with the potential almost unlimited , to work your way up. but thats changed, with all our factories and manufacturers going off shore average joe will be gone the way of the dinosaur, it has become obvious that ground floor entry level jobs are going to require a higher level of education just to get in the door. so ergo if in 1979 high school was needed to start average joe off in a positive direction, with free education. than in 2008 secondary education is required for average joe to make a go , with free education. TOM you are going to ask me . dennis how do you plan to fund this free education? TOM ,i am going to use the employment insurance plan. we will leave it build again, it was 40 billon before they spent it ,so we change it to a trust, then any money built up over what is required to fund E.I. program [13 billion]. all extra goes to education. just imagine TOM, an E.I. program funding the education of our youth to insure that they gain good employment , how ironic an employment fund in canada that funds future employment. then TOM once they are working they join the rest of us in refunding E.I. .. is it me TOM or does that sound too simple? must be my grade 12 education by the way TOM the funding will only cover tuition, books etc. all accomadations food etc up to student and family. we can't coddle too much!!! thanks dennis average joe lil book P.S. go flames !!! TOM my man,its the way of the new world. average joe jobs are all headed to mexico. greed rules ,if they can make more money by moving they will!! which is a perfect lead in to my argue ment for free secondary education. yousee tom when i got out of grade 12 in 1979, a high school diploma had value, it opened up the entry level job , with the potential almost unlimited , to work your way up. but thats changed, with all our factories and manufacturers going off shore average joe will be gone the way of the dinosaur, it has become obvious that ground floor entry level jobs are going to require a higher level of education just to get in the door. so ergo if in 1979 high school was needed to start average joe off in a positive direction, with free education. than in 2008 secondary education is required for average joe to make a go , with free education.
TOM you are going to ask me . dennis how do you plan to fund this free education? TOM ,i am going to use the employment insurance plan. we will leave it build again, it was 40 billon before they spent it ,so we change it to a trust, then any money built up over what is required to fund E.I. program [13 billion]. all extra goes to education.
just imagine TOM, an E.I. program funding the education of our youth to insure that they gain good employment , how ironic an employment fund in canada that funds future employment. then TOM once they are working
they join the rest of us in refunding E.I. ..
is it me TOM or does that sound too simple?
must be my grade 12 education
by the way TOM the funding will only cover tuition, books etc.
all accomadations food etc up to student and family.
we can’t coddle too much!!!
thanks dennis average joe lil book
P.S. go flames !!!

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