Not entirely correct re: outsourcing. There are many examples of companies cancelling their outsourced labor and bringing the work back into their home offices (I haven't the time or desire to cite, but there have been several articles in trade magazines over the past few months that attest to this). As with anything, if the benefit isn't there, the plan is aborted.
I believe, though, that the FM work isn't "outsourced" but is actually housed by Adobe India - this is a very different thing, and I can see logic in this. Costs of workers is only a factor if the workers can deliver and if the communication is good. Outsourcing is not an evil. It's evolution, and was bound to happen as other countries break into the tech sphere. Balance will eventually be met, as with anything. The trick is not how to keep jobs in higher-pay regions, but how to deliver greater value. Bill On 5/16/06, tarage at bellsouth.net <tarage at bellsouth.net> wrote: > > Don't expect Adobe to bring back any jobs. Once the outsourcing bug hits, > those jobs are lost forever. On one hand, I understand Adobe's reasoning -- > the cost of a worker in the U.S or Canada is much higher than a worker > elsewhere. On the other hand, that's one more job that's gone overseas, so > the business profits at the expense of the host nation. I'm a bit more > partial to my country than I am to any particular business that operates out > of it. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter http://techcommdood.blogspot.com
