Outsourcing to Rural America

andy753421 writes "Wired is running an article about 'Rural Sourcing, an IT company that outsources not to India or Mexico, but rural America.' The company targets IT workers in rural location due to lower costs of living, 'The company charges $35 to $50 per hour for IT expertise, which may cost around $100 in New York City. While this is no match for outsourcing rates in India, clients benefit from local accents and similar time zones -- not to mention the absence of stigma sometimes attached to farming jobs out to foreign countries.' The article also points out several other innovative attempts at outsourcing such as Lakota Express and Seacode, which was previously covered on slashdot."

Comments

Stigma my ass

[AviLazar]

stigma sometimes attached to farming jobs out to foreign countries

What stigma are you talking about? The accents a foreigner has? His lack of grasping the subtleties and well the dialect of our american-english language? Or the fact we are pissed our SERVICE jobs are exported. First they sent our manufacturing jobs and said "hey manufacturing is out, service is the way to go." So all these people who had a semblance of a chance shifted their careers to service and now they are shipping our service jobs out too. The only that will be left is your gas attendent, waitress, doctor and stripper. Sorry I didn't graduate college so I could be a gas attendant, waitress or stripper....and I definitly don't have the money to invest in medical school.