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The Changing Face of Offshore Programming
teambpsi writes "BusinesWeek Online has an opt-ed piece on the trend in offshore programming pricing going up, with domestic rates going down. As a contractor, I've seen the downward pressure on contract gigs now to rates lower than what I was charging over five years ago. Dell Computers recently announced that it was bringing its customer service back on-shore, I wonder if this might be the start of some bigger trend -- maybe 'buy american' could be our new battle cry ;)"
Well, at least there is a better chance of the person on the other end of the phone being able to speak in complete sentences. US English grammer seems to be lost on low end employees such as those found working these off shore help desks.
> 1) Hire/fire. When the work was over, I didn't need the teams any more. With the Indian vendor, I could cut back without worry. With permanent hires, I'd have a serious morale problem.
How is this different that using a local contractor? You did claim that they would not work, so you need to explain this a little further. Other than with the local hire you would have paid someone, who would have then spent the money here in the US,... *money cycles around*... tada, the money comes back because someone is buying your product. Sorry, but that giant sucking sound you hear in your office is not going to go away. You seem to think you are above this, but when you lose your job to overseas I am sure I can expect a post from you on how much the economy sucks and it is all G W Bush's fault, or some other crap!