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00:00:00.000,00:00:03.000 Captions by www.SubPLY.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00:00:07.110,00:00:08.350 A new report from the Department of Labor 00:00:08.580,00:00:11.850 finds an increasing number of American workers are outsourcing their jobs. 00:00:12.250,00:00:15.890 For more on this crucial issue, let's go to Joshua Russel in the Money Room. 00:00:16.690,00:00:19.230 Thanks Brandon. For years, corporations have been outsourcing their labor 00:00:19.660,00:00:21.490 to developing nations as a way to cut costs. 00:00:21.990,00:00:25.430 But recently, many individual employees have been sending their own work overseas. 00:00:28.670,00:00:30.770 I take the money that I would have spent on coffee 00:00:31.140,00:00:33.480 and pay someone in India to do my job for me. 00:00:33.880,00:00:36.370 It's allowed me to unleash my full potential. 00:00:37.110,00:00:40.050 Philadelphia accountant, Donald Felton, outsources the majority of his daily workload 00:00:40.250,00:00:43.620 to Jahanara Kashem, an accountant based in Bangalore, India. 00:00:44.090,00:00:48.360 I give my assignments from my supervision and I send it off to Jahanara. 00:00:48.460,00:00:52.330 Sometimes, I'll look at it when it's done, but usually, everything is right. 00:00:52.830,00:00:56.700 Mr. Kashem says he's extremely happy with the .68 cents an hour Donald pays him. 00:00:57.070,00:01:00.210 I am able to feed my family and Mr. Felton can devote more time 00:01:00.440,00:01:02.180 to his fantasy football team. 00:01:02.780,00:01:05.120 And Donald is just of the close to 700,000 workers, 00:01:05.440,00:01:07.120 who have come to rely on overseas labor. 00:01:07.450,00:01:09.790 I've gotten two raises since Jahanara started. 00:01:10.250,00:01:12.550 He's really good at doing my work. 00:01:12.790,00:01:14.490 But it's not just lower level employees who have embraced the trend. 00:01:15.100,00:01:18.490 In Donald's firm, many senior level managers are now outsourcing their jobs as well. 00:01:18.930,00:01:21.600 Workers representing the companies executive officers 00:01:21.800,00:01:23.490 meet via conference call every Friday. 00:01:23.740,00:01:28.720 (arguing in background, between Americans and their outsourced workers in India) 00:01:33.080,00:01:35.420 Some overseas workers have done so well, they've been able to 00:01:35.650,00:01:39.300 outsource their own outsourced work to those even poorer them themselves. 00:01:39.530,00:01:43.160 I pay a starving man in Jakarta one handful of rice per day to fill out the 00:01:43.520,00:01:45.690 expense reports that are send to me from the U.S. 00:01:46.160,00:01:50.300 Analyst predict that if the trend continues, by 2025, the world's poorest man, 00:01:50.670,00:01:54.610 Ahmed Khalili of Afghanistan, will be doing 83% of the globes work. 00:01:55.070,00:01:57.670 It's a scenario that would suit Donald Felton just fine. 00:01:58.280,00:02:01.380 I'm trying to get to a point where I can just lay in one place 00:02:01.620,00:02:02.890 and not have to do anything ever. 00:02:03.220,00:02:04.790 With the Onion News Network, I'm Joshua Russell. 00:02:05.390,00:02:05.990 Thanks Joshua. 00:02:06.460,00:02:10.030 Personal outsourcing is expected to grow as much as 20% over the next 5 years 00:02:10.390,00:02:14.100 according to the Filipino team that completed the Department of Labor's report. 00:02:14.600,00:02:16.770 Coming up next: A new study find the meth epidemic 00:02:17.100,00:02:19.500 is hitting worthless Americans hardest.