TheAustralianPost.com

Sacked Westpac bank staff forced to train their replacements

At least 188 staff have been made redundant in the restructuring of the bank’s technology and at least 2000 Westpac jobs could go. According to the report sacked staff are being made to train Indian workers, who are here on temporary visas, at Westpac’s Sydney City offices, after the completion of their training Indian staff will return to Indian and teach their colleagues in India.
Westpac one of the four major Australian Banks and the bank that made $6.9 billion profit last year, has outsourced Indian workers from India through companies like Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services and has brought them to Australia on employer-sponsored 457 Visa.