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In 2001, the company closed its Montbello manufacturing plant, shifting work to India and China. Ziebarth lost her job to someone who would make luggage for less on the other side of the ocean.
Archive for February, 2005
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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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Large-scale layoffs, prevalent in the technology industry since the dot-com implosion, are scaling back.
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Janice Staheli earns more than $20 an hour. She works from home. And her employer, UW Medical Center, offers health insurance, vacation, a pension, even incentive pay. But there is a hitch…