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Why Outsource When Workers are Willing to Telecommute?
An anonymous reader asks: "Corporations and management resisted telecommuting for years, now jobs flow to distant nations. Did telecommuting become acceptable because of the greater distance? Because some form of on-site management persists? Because labor laws are favorable? Because a well paid middle class is a political threat? Is it really as simple as money? I'll work cheaper if I can choose where I live and work. Must I leave my country to do so?"
and comments at a -1 threshold. ;-)
(Cost of paying someone overseas + overhead costs of remote management + costs related to misunderstandings/errors + inconvenience) is still less than (Cost of paying you to sit in your underwear and "work" for 2 hours a day in between slashdot postings).
We need more H1-Bs so that we can train
them here. If outsourcing is to become
a more important part of our economy, then
we need to have Americans train the people
who will be taking their jobs. This is just
the way it is folks, get used to it.
Besides, it'd be nice to go to McDonald's
and order fries in English and have some
one who can not only operate the cash register,
but probably wrote the software for it.
Since the outsourcing companies are charging basically the same amount as if they had real employees, we should form companies that say they're outsourcing to India, but we're actually outsourcing to telecommuters in america.
Hey, I'm just your average shit and piss factory.
Not as cheap as someone oversees.
In my experience, supervisors, managers and the like make much more than the workers they oversee.
... and I can assure you that this kind of goofing of is rarely a prob... oh -- wait a minute -- God I love the sound Squidward makes when he walks. Cracks me up every time. Hold on -- let me freshen up this martini and I'll be right back...
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Should be from the are-more-links-in-a-post-always-better dept. The poster wasted his time anyway, because no one reads articles.
you can throttle them when they screw up
you can physically chew them out
as if you walked over to their cubicle to yell
Can I please come work for you? You seem to have advanced management skills.
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With English like that, I bet it's hard for them to understand you.
Um, I was planning to outsource moderators and live comfortably on the proceeds.
I got a better idea.
How 'bout we just work for free?
I'm shocked. I've never actually heard of this. Do you have a number?
Dude, who codes in fluent and clear English?
You'd have a difficult time surviving in Arkansas on the wages outsourced workers in India make without getting a second job at McDonalds.
And since that is going to be replaced with a robot soon, you're screwed!
Laugh while you can, monkey-boy!
I gave up Kobe beef, and am now just getting by on USDA prime. The horror!
You misspelled socialist.
"...history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest." --Ghandi
Sounds like we grossly overpaid American workers should cash in our 401K's at 30 are retire to wherever it is that you live.
We've found a Microsoft employee, may we burn him?
Only if he's made of wood.
"We returned the General to El Salvador, or maybe Guatemala, it's difficult to tell from 10,000 feet"
Right now I'm working beside an Indian who is living in Canada (doing a co-op placement from a local college).
:)
:)
A super nice guy, and from all accounts a good coder.
However, you really notice the cultural differences. For instance, when spelling things over the phone to a customer, he would say "D as in Dummy". He meant "dummy" as in "dummied up", meaning quickly done, or partially copied. He had no idea in North America "dummy" can be a derogatory word for someone who is stupid (which he said was "duffer").
As well, he has a habit of shaking his head from side-to-side when he's agreeing with you or listening to your point. Which is very confusing
But he brings in fantastic curries, so all is forgiven
Since ducks float on water they must be made of wood.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"