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Outsourcing To Rural America

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the but-that's-different dept.

An anonymous reader writes "News.com is running a story about Rural Sourcing, a company attempting to make outsourcing to rural America as cost effective as sending jobs to India."

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  1. The Difference by techsoldaten · · Score: 5, Funny

    The difference between offshoring to India and insourcing to rural areas?

    Indians speak better English.

    M

    1. Re:The Difference by cayenne8 · · Score: 4, Funny
      "Having lived in Tennessee and Alabama for several years at a time, I must say this post is not funny. It's informative. There were people there that I simply could not understand, even after asking them to repeat themselves 5 times."

      Well, in our defense...our schools are a bit remiss in not teaching ebonics...and it does make it hard for us to talk to some of you NE urbanites...

      :-)

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  2. Uhhh... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny


    So rather than "Tank you vor calling Cisco, dis is Singh, how may I help you?" I'll hear "Thanks fer callin' Cis-coe, this is Billy-Joe Jim-Bob, what's yer malfunction?"

    It's a joke, lighten up.

  3. Good For America! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hurray! As part of the Bush initiative to grow the job market in America, skilled, college educated professionals can now make as much money as their counterparts in third-world countries!

    America - I love this place!

  4. Oh great by prostoalex · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can stop worrying about my job going to India and start worrying about my job going to Indiana.

  5. Wahoo! by DaHat · · Score: 5, Funny

    South Dakota gladly welcomes it's new in-sourcing overlords!

    One hopes this expands my job prospects here... not that it matters too much, I love my job.

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  6. The other kinds of Indians by tepples · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why contract with South Asians when you can contract with businesses run by good old American Indians? I'm sure somebody on the reservation could help you admin your Apache server.

  7. Re:Modern Techies Cut Off From Cycle Of Life by CommanderData · · Score: 4, Funny

    But will they be able to survive without pizza deliveries?

    No, they will not. But of course that means there will be even more rural jobs, as thousands of pizza delivery people migrate from NYC to service the IT boomtowns of the south :)

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  8. Ob Troll by mcmonkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe it wasn't a good idea to do this with that ballot-counting contract...

    I keed!

  9. Re:Modern Techies Cut Off From Cycle Of Life by pilgrim23 · · Score: 5, Funny

    120 miles to Starbucks, 210 miles to Frys. Your neighbor in the cubicle next door keeps grousing about Sorgum Prices (whatever that is) and their dating prospects at the next Grange dance. The big local news is the John Deere dealership is expanding, and Billy Joe Bob's sister (yeah the one with THOSE teeth) is makin moon eyes at you when she visits at lunch. Makes me want to point my pickup truck towards Cupertino and GET OUT OF THERE!

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  10. Re:Count me in. by nomadic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Also, if you left work after dark, lots of people would try to sell you, uh, things on your way to your car.

    That's why people live and work in cities. Try getting that kind of convenience in a rural area.