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Subject: Re: Outsourcing dilemma or debacle, you decide...
In a message dated 6/12/2008 10:47:45 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
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Sorry, but I think you are making it very wide.
I disagree, if by "wide" you mean exaggerating the problem.
Some companies really give up on hiring from inside the Country moving
the services to overseas, but people overseas are almost as skilled or
even more skilled. They are just cheaper.
No disagreement with this.
Actually, huge disagreement with this. The OP clearly shows that people
overseas are not as skilled (even more skilled? That's a joke). Cheaper,
sure, but you get what you pay for. Communications of the ACM (CACM) just
had a study of offshoring, and one of the dirty little secrets right now is
that wages in India are increasing, and people are jumping companies in
search of the next rupee (similar to what was going on here throughout the
80's and early 90's). CACM reports that offshore turnover negatively
impacts companies because they're constantly retraining personnel. They
won't stay cheaper for long, as it is beginning to dawn on many Indians that
there is intrinsic value to what they provide. TATA et al. will milk the
tit for as long as they can, but you can't hold back people who want a US
standard of living. I could go on, but that's enough of a rant for one day.
Regards,
Tom Conley
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