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U.S. corporations are picking up the pace in shifting well-paid technology jobs to India, China and other low-cost centers, but they are keeping quiet for fear of a backlash, industry professionals said.
Morgan Stanley estimates the number of U.S. jobs outsourced to India will double to about 150,000 in the next three years. Analysts predict […]
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- elKore: The problem is - most companies underestimate the cost of outsourced IT development, thinking that $...
read more - AV: Every large culture has sub-cultures and it breaks down to the level of family culture. It is useles...
read more - Mr. Customer: This is complete crap! Ever try to talk to some Hodgi in India? They freakin' can't speak English an...
read more - Ian Ippolito: I've noticed this trend on a micro-basis on the Rent a Coder site...but it's been happening a while....
read more - 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...
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Wednesday, December 24th, 2003, Permalink
Monday, December 22nd, 2003, Permalink
America Online is quietly laying the groundwork to hire software engineers in Bangalore, India–a decision that is sparking some pointed criticism but also is becoming de rigueur among technology companies.
AOL’s plans slipped out on its Web site in a Dec. 10 job posting seeking a global program manager to “coordinate software development teams” in […]
Monday, December 22nd, 2003, Permalink
Migration of U.S. tech jobs abroad may be a natural evolution
The U.S. economy is getting stronger, but one unsettling weakness is what seems to be the wholesale flight of technology jobs like computer programming and technical support to lower-cost nations led by India.
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The trend is typically described in ungainly terms - “offshore outsourcing” or “offshoring.” […]
Monday, December 22nd, 2003, Permalink
Executives at GreenPoint Financial Corp. saw trouble brewing last year. The refinancing boom, which propelled so many thrifts to record profits, began to ebb, talented mortgage brokers grew hard to come by, and the bank’s overhead costs threatened to crimp future revenues.
The solution? Trim costs by exporting some of the bank’s mortgage and customer service […]
Saturday, December 20th, 2003, Permalink
Many IT workers today have reason to believe their jobs could be outsourced. For example, you may be in tech support and part of the team may be in India; you may have reason to believe it’s only a matter of time before your company decides to move your job as well. Or, your company […]
Thursday, December 18th, 2003, Permalink
Third Advanced Development Center Opened in India to Meet Increasing Demand
for Offshore Outsourcing
BOSTON, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ — Leading business and information
technology (IT) outsourcing firm […]
Wednesday, December 17th, 2003, Permalink
Should you feel threatened by overseas IT outsourcing? Definitely: IT jobs are being outsourced to companies from India to Romania by the hundreds of thousands.
What to do about it? You can argue to your bosses that you perform better than foreigners, that you’re more loyal to the company, that outsourcing is risky, that it’s not […]