Why Outsource When Workers are Willing to Telecommute?

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Why Outsource When Workers are Willing to Telecommute?

Posted by Cliff on Friday July 25, 2003 @07:32AM from the is-cheaper-code-always-better? dept.

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?"

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being paid less to "choose where I live and work". by cswiii · 2003-07-25 07:37 · Score: 0, Offtopic

...of course, we all know that for probably a large plurality Slashdot readers, this is an important deciding factor as they've never bothered to leave the house in the first place and get their drivers licences...

... and no, I don't care what you say, just because you've mastered Grand Turismo 3 doesn't mean you've got "M4D DR1V1NG SK1LLZ!@#!#!".

;)
Re:Um by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-25 08:02 · Score: -1, Offtopic

YOU FAIL IT COCKSMOKER! SCORE: -1, NO FUCKING SHIT SHERLOCK.
Um (Score:0, Redundant) by The Bungi (221687) on Friday July 25, @03:34PM (#6534611) (http://slashdot.org/) Outsorcing has nothing to do with distance. It has to do with costs. Even if you telecommute, I still have to pay you $80/hr while the guy in Calcutta (or whatever) is happy making $12/hr.
Um (Score:0, Redundant) by The Bungi (221687) on Friday July 25, @03:34PM (#6534611) (http://slashdot.org/) Outsorcing has nothing to do with distance. It has to do with costs. Even if you telecommute, I still have to pay you $80/hr while the guy in Calcutta (or whatever) is happy making $12/hr.
Um (Score:0, Redundant) by The Bungi (221687) on Friday July 25, @03:34PM (#6534611) (http://slashdot.org/) Outsorcing has nothing to do with distance. It has to do with costs. Even if you telecommute, I still have to pay you $80/hr while the guy in Calcutta (or whatever) is happy making $12/hr.
Um (Score:0, Redundant) by The Bungi (221687) on Friday July 25, @03:34PM (#6534611) (http://slashdot.org/) Outsorcing has nothing to do with distance. It has to do with costs. Even if you telecommute, I still have to pay you $80/hr while the guy in Calcutta (or whatever) is happy making $12/hr.