Warm Offices Boost Productivity

bluelip writes "It looks like the real reason for offshoring is corporations looking for warmer weather. Instead of paying the energy bills to crank up the heat in the office to a more productive temperature, the offices are moving to warmer areas. This article shows a 44% error reduction and 150% increase in productivity for those working in warmer offices. Will this increase in output be enough to convince my boss to pay for us to vacation-commute from a tropical island?"

Comments

Re:Too warm?

[Pieroxy]

To convert everything to (almost) everything.

A little bit of self-advertising...

The Real Reason for Offshoring

[smagruder]

Yes, it's about the illusion of reduced costs, but it's also about having employees that always follows orders without question and not having to have a conscience, due to their circumstances.

Case in point: Has anyone noticed that when you call an offshored call center about a bill dispute, there is nowadays a whole lot less understanding about your issue? They now take the tack of "deny deny deny". They just follow their script and don't have to understand or care about your issue. In other words, since they're from another culture, they naturally cannot have compassion for you and your problem.

Note: This isn't a slight against those who aren't American (or who aren't in the "first world"). What I'm saying is that offshored call center employees are separated from Americans by culture and by distance, so they either don't understand or don't have to have compassion for any issues we call them with. It's not like we can get in our cars and drive to their office and confront them. They are totally safe to follow their scripts and screw us over... protecting the bottom line of the corporate masters they serve.