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Microsoft Corp, the world’s largest IT firm, has refuted a US-based trade union’s assertion that the software maker was sending technology and other jobs to India and other nations, agency reports said.
The Seattle-based labour union, Washington Alliance of Technology Workers (WashTech), had claimed that it was in possession of internal company documents that showed that […]
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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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Mixed views on job losses linked to outsourcing were aired during a hearing yesterday on legislation designed to discourage companies that do business with the state from moving service work to foreign countries.
Some state legislators and union officials charged that companies are shipping jobs overseas to boost profits at the expense of the middle […]
Wednesday, August 4th, 2004, Permalink
NEW DELHI: Currently, there is a great demand of hi-tech IT jobs in the US. The Reason, however, is obvious. The country has lost thousands of technical jobs to India, as a result of which unemployment is rising amongst the American youth.
According to sources, joblessness has nearly doubled in the last three years, while […]
Sunday, August 1st, 2004, Permalink
For decades, American manufacturers of everything from blue jeans to semiconductors have searched the world for the cheapest labor they could find.
It may have cost hundreds of thousands of American jobs, but it’s made American products more affordable. Now, some of the most familiar companies -ones we deal with every day - […]