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- elKore: The problem is - most companies underestimate the cost of outsourced IT development, thinking that $25/hour versus $100/hr in the US directly translates into a 75% cost reduction overall.
Yet, it doesn't work quite that well. Companies overseas may do a great job in converting your detailed specs into real web applications.
Yet, when you handle over your requirements to an IT consulting company in the US, you are not expected to provide the detailed specs of your final application. In fac...
read more (04/23/2007 01:14)
- AV: Every large culture has sub-cultures and it breaks down to the level of family culture. It is useless to believe that people around the world will change their beliefs and values because some work is outsourced to them. It is unfair to expect it. Our western partners in offshoring business are looking only advantages without a desire to make an adjustment to the needs of another partner. Why don't they understand that world is different. I wonder if someone did any research to identify cultural ...
read more (02/24/2007 05:19)
- Mr. Customer: This is complete crap! Ever try to talk to some Hodgi in India? They freakin' can't speak English and can't communicate worth a crap either! They've lost my business for good! The CEO is retiring, so he obviously doesn't care.....
read more (02/22/2007 08:05)
- Ian Ippolito: I've noticed this trend on a micro-basis on the Rent a Coder site...but it's been happening a while...since about 2006. The other problem these big outsourcers are having it turnover. Some companies are saying they have 100% turnover in a year, due to how cutthroat the industy is in India. That isn't good for outsourcers because it results in poor service.
Sincerely,
Ian Ippolito
read more (02/02/2007 11:51)
- Ian Ippolito: One prominent cultural clash I've seen is when a buyer in the U.S. asks a coder in India, "how is it going". The coder almost always says fine...because that is what is expected culturally. If the U.S. buyer doesn't probe deeper, they'll never discover if something is wrong. It's important to be educated on such differences.
Sincerely,
Ian Ippolito
read more (02/02/2007 11:48)
- TheBlandAnarchist: Outsourcing is not just "US versus the world". It's affecting Canada and Europe. Everybody talking either as an American or as an Indian. blah blah blah.
Hey people... guess what?? There's a whole big world out there that global corporations are screwing left, right and center! INCLUDING *INDIANS*. You're being paid peanuts. You are slaves. You need to know that and understand that. You have money for food on the table now but with the way corporations are getting global and hyper-big, we so...
read more (01/31/2007 08:07)
- Unhappy: Outsourcing is offensive to Americans who buy what they assume are American products from American companies--until they have a problem with the product or billing, etc. and end up talking to someone in India who barely speaks English. I lived in Austin when Dell began to lay off thousands of employees as it outsourced more and more if its product manufacturing and customer service. Do you want to know why unemployment in this country is over 4%--call customer service for Dell or RealPlayer and ...
read more (12/18/2006 03:24)
- growup: The reality is that most of the world, with a few exceptions, is grabbing aggressively what US had and took for granted.
read more (11/20/2006 03:43)
- Brian Calla: One other thing.. The solution to this is get higher skills. Sorry they already take those jobs too. They have high skiller works and tell them to train your replacement. Some don't even come in with basic knowledge and only ran stuff in a test lab and took some tests. That has nothing to do with experience. I am fed up with this. I feel you have one choice just as the auto workers did. Find a new field because IT is dead. Its either docotor lawyer, plumber, roofer or fries at macdonalds...
read more (10/25/2006 11:08)
- Brian Calla: I have read all these comments. The reason jobs go to india is because its cheap. It has nothing to do brain-power its all about cost saving to the stock holders and CEO politics. Example J&J is sending 140 jobs to india trust me your Johnson & Johnson baby shampoo wont go down in price. They send jobs to India because they can. It's dirt cheap!!! I am all for open market but american workers can't work for peanuts to keep up with third world wages.
So what it comes down to is a ...
read more (10/25/2006 10:50)
- kandi: My name is Kandi. I'm sorry that your economy over there is so bad and that you can't have more jobs and the pay is bad but I have to tell you that that is not the American peoples problem. We need to worry more about our own than to worry about your peoples problems. The more jobs that are being sent to you is leaving more of the American people out of job. By that I do mean those that have worked for what they have and want to work not those of the American people that want to just live off of...
read more (10/23/2006 08:28)
- Kunal Nayar: Hi
Iam kunal.This is good that indian people is getting opportunity but the salary structure in india is bad and to improve this thing industry need to take the step.
Thanks
Kunal
read more (10/05/2006 10:37)
- Inbound Call Center Services: Dave...
Interesting topic... I'm working in this industry myself and I don't agree about this in 100%, but I added your page to my bookmarks and hope to see more interesting articles in the future...
read more (09/29/2006 11:35)
- nick: Why don't you get a degree on the CV instead of having the experience all that time?
read more (09/29/2006 02:56)
- Michael Green: A load of nonsence in many cases.
Despite having over 20 years of experience in IT, I have found it impossible to get a job in IT. NOT because I could not do the job, but instead because I don't have a degree on the CV!
People forget that experience is worth far more that a bit of paper.
Wise up!!
read more (09/16/2006 11:01)
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