Aussies Refuse to Train Replacements from India

by Betsy Ross

Kudos to IT workers from St. George Bank for refusing “knowledge transfer” to their replacements from India.

Entire Article from the Economic Times of India

"Sixty workers at St George Bank, the country’s fifth largest, refused to train their Indian replacements who appeared in the office on October 18. The workers, who had been told they would lose their jobs early next year, were asked to help train the new staff through a buddy system. Samartzis said: 'Some people have been here a long time. They have mortgages and families and kids to feed. It makes me sick.'”

"The employees of the Bank were warned in September that they would lose their jobs and were told last Tuesday they would assist training new staff through a "buddy system", a TV channel reported today.

The bank has told 80 of its workers that their jobs will be moved to India."

The Business Process Offshoring (BPO) pundits use the term “knowledge transfer” to describe “the backbone of offshoring” - replacement training. US workers are often threatened with forfeiture of unemployment pay and adverse referrals if they fail to train their foreign replacements. It’s highly laudable that the Aussies have taken a stand against this heinous and demeaning practice. Hopefully UK and US workers and politicians will take notice and put a stop to this despicable policy.

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