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$4,400/Yr. Coders May Work On Dept. of Labor Project

Posted by kdawson on from the living-wage dept.

theodp writes "To power the Tools for America's Job Seekers Challenge, the US Department of Labor tapped IdeaScale, a subsidiary of Survey Analytics, which is headquartered in Seattle with satellite offices in Nasik, India and Auckland, NZ (PDF). According to the Federal Register (PDF), an Emergency OMB Review was requested to launch the joint initiative of the DOL, White House, and IdeaScale to help out unemployed US workers. A cached Monster.com ad seeks candidates to work on the development and maintenance of ideascale.com, but in India at an annual salary of Rs. 200,000 to 300,000 ($4,4000 to $6,600 US). BTW, an earlier White House-sponsored, IdeaScale-powered Open Government Brainstorm identified legalizing marijuana as one of the best ways to 'strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness.'" There's no guarantee that Indian workers recruited by that Monster.com ad would work on US Department of Labor projects.

11 of 418 comments (clear)

  1. outsourcing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's just a matter of time until the United States Department of Defense gets outsourced

  2. Fixed that for myself by Taedirk · · Score: 3, Funny

    US Department of Labor

    For some reason, I read this as Department of DAY Labor..

  3. Software vs. Cow shit. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Software development and software, for that matter, has become a cheap commodity.

    I can get a free version of software for any problem I may have. On the other hand, if I need fertilizer for my garden, I have to buy it. Fertilizer costs money: software is free.

    That's right folks: cow shit is worth more than software.

    The markets have spoken.

  4. Re:It's Worse Than You think! by Sebilrazen · · Score: 4, Funny

    If marijuana is ever legalized, I'm going to ensure I invest in any and all snack food company stocks I can.

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    "There are no facts, only interpretations." --Friedrich Nietzsche.
  5. Re:It's Worse Than You think! by CraftyJack · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thread over in one, good job.

    You'd have to be some sort of a Nazi to disagree.

  6. Re:Increase American employment through outsourcin by sakdoctor · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't worry. In time, India will outsource its jobs to America.

  7. Re:Increase American employment through outsourcin by batquux · · Score: 4, Funny

    In all fairness, America did intercept all the trade Europe was going to attempt with India back in Columbus' day.

  8. Am I reading this right? by dwiget001 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The U.S. Government is essentially paying non-U.S. citizens to maintain a web-site for Americans seeking employment?

    Sorry, but my Irony Meter (TM) just pegged and is now completely non-functional.

  9. Alternatives by Hythlodaeus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Obama hires Indian code-slaves to make a website to help people find jobs.
    McBushcain would have given Haliburton $200 billion to maybe hire some more people, if they wanted to.
    Ron Paul would have left unemployment for the market to solve and hit the snooze button on his alarm.

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    For great justice.
  10. What was the OP smoking? by istartedi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is this a story about outsourcing or pot legalization?

    Should the respective sides haul out their canned pro/anti stands for one issue, the other, or both?

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    For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares"?
  11. Re:Good job? But he's wrong! by Necrobruiser · · Score: 2, Funny

    USD1150/month is not equal to USD1150/year? Next thing, you'll be trying to tell me that 0.02 dollars and 0.02 cents are different!

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    "I planned within my means and got a fixed rate mortgage, so where's MY bailout?" -cafepress