Tag Archives: outsourcing
The Privacy Implications of Outsourcing
By Evan Sumner Last month’s revelation that CIBC will be outsourcing a large number of accounting jobs to India scandalized many Canadians. The news not only negatively affected CIBC’s reputation, but caused a drop in its share price and led
CIBC shares fall further as Canadians abandon bank
By Amy Chen CIBC’s shares fell by more than a percentage point again today as more angry customers ditched the bank in protest over its decision to fire 130 Canadian workers and force them to train their replacements from India.
Indian outsourcers lobbying Canada to ease TFW restrictions
By Devdas Gupta, writing from Thane, Maharashtra, India The industry body representing business process outsourcing (BPO) companies in India is lobbying[1]https://lobbycanada.gc.ca/app/secure/ocl/lrs/do/clntAddr?cid=319065&lang=eng the Canadian government to to ease short-term temporary foreign worker restrictions with the aim of expanding the four billion-dollar
CIBC shares fall as boycott bites
By Amy Chen CIBC’s shares fell by nearly a percentage point wiping $400 million off the bank’s market value today as more angry customers ditched the financial institution in protest over its decision to fire 130 Canadian workers and force
Customers abandon CIBC after bank axes Canadian workers and ships jobs to India
By Amy Chen CIBC customers are abandoning the bank in droves, with some even posting photos of themselves cutting up their bank cards on social media, following the financial institution’s decision to fire 130 Canadian workers and force them to
How Air Canada broke the law, laid off thousands of workers, and outsourced operations to Israeli military drone maker
Air Canada had a very simple plan to increase its profits. Step 1: Spin the airline’s heavy maintenance unit off as a separate entity Step 2: Starve the spin-off of work and bankrupt it gradually Step 3: Outsource the operations