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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
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> "Matthew Stitt" wrote ...
> > Saw this on through the CNN.COM web site early today. This
> has got to be a
> > new low for outsourcing.
> >
> > http://www.kitv.com/money/16607424/detail.html
> >
>
> What's new?
> I know of much more work, that is sent (electronically) to
> Texas and Mexico to be processed there by cheaper hands.
> I heard of Chinese callcenter workers that are trained in the
> different US accents, to give the US caller the feeling he is
> talking to a fellow countrymen.
> As fast as you gather information from allover the world,
> work also flows over the same network.
> Be honest, you don't want to pay xx% more for a hamburger to
> assure a local person is taking your order, do you?
Right on! Much better to put the locals on some kind of welfare
program, AND pay for the off-shore order-takers.
-jc-
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