Oh look, an actual study that says just the opposite Mr. Scott-Fleming's assertion. http://www.ciozone.com/index.php/Outsourcing/IT-Outsourcing-May-Have-Peaked-CIOZone-Research.html
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]>wrote: > Bunk. > No links to the study. Keywords used to spread FUD: may, expect, data is a > mega-trend (when no data is presented or cited). > 80% of IT jobs may go overseases by the end of 2010. I mean really, > let's project that out and apply that metric to this list. In 1.3 years, > 80% of the people on this list will be gone (appologies to the international > list members). > Chicken little called, he wants to sue you for copyright infringement. > > Angus, not directing this to you, per se, but really to the esteemed Lionel > Waxman. > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Not good news for us ... >> >> ------- Included Stuff Follows ------- >> Flashpoint! » Blog Archive » STUDY SHOWS JOBS RAPIDLY MOVING OFFSHORE >> >> Large firms have wasted no time reacting to the economic policies of >> Barack Obama. According to a Miami-based consulting firm, The Hackett Group, >> as many as a quarter of the IT jobs at the 1000 most major firms may be >> moved offshore by the end of next year. They expect about 350,000 such jobs >> to be moved. Chief research officer Michel Jenssen added that the data is a >> confirmation of a "mega-trend" and by the end of 2010 as many as 80% of IT >> jobs may go overseas. >> >> The typical company is realizing about $16 million each years in savings >> from offshoring. "If you are sourcing all of your labor from high-cost >> countries, you are not going to be in business [long]," he said. >> >> Some Americans may call offshoring businesses unpatriotic. But remaining >> under adverse economic conditions until they go bankrupt doesn’t seem >> particularly patriotic either. To the extent businesses do what they must to >> survive, they are doing their best for the country under adverse >> circumstances. >> >> --------- Included Stuff Ends --------- >> Seen here, no links to original study unfortunately: >> >> http://www.waxmanmedia.com/2009/08/17/study-shows-jobs-rapidly-moving-offshore/ >> >> >> -- >> Angus Scott-Fleming >> GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona >> 1-520-895-3270 >> ~! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
