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Say GOODBYE to American Jobs !! |
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04/27/2001 |
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...when you can just ship the work offshore. The following excerpt discusses this new alarming practice in which software is developed in India at the price of American jobs:
??Twin Cities companies go overseas for cheap labor
Sherri Cruz / Star Tribune
Rajesh Nambiar spends his workday toggling between the First and Third worlds.
Nambiar matches Minnesota corporate clients with his company's software developers in India.
The main benefit of shipping software development to Indian firms such as Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Nambiar explains, is that U.S. companies can cut information technology costs by as much as 50 percent.
Using low-cost offshore labor isn't unique to manufacturers. And overseas workers aren't just making sneakers or stitching clothing.
Companies across the Twin Cities area have discovered one antidote to an expensive U.S. high-tech labor force: Going offshore. The strategy also has the added benefit of around-the-clock operations because as the work day ends in Minnesota, it's just beginning in India.??
Read the full article at:
http://webserv5.startribune.com/...&word=tata
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very true indeed. Actually this is a norm not only for cheap prices but nearly zero errors in the software being produced. Given this fact there will still be a major demand in the US, keep in mind the moeny being saved is used to create profits/jobs which in turn we benefit in US. I am a programmer, originally from India, been here more than a decade. I think instead of wrrying about minuscal amounts of jobs being shipped to India, think of learning and working on newer technology here. Americans have it better and will always continue to do so, since this country has pioneered in ideas. India lacks that capability, it cannot innovate/market an area where America excels.
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