billbenson
11-29-2008, 03:54 AM
India has made outsourcing a big industry for them. Not just call centers, but worse for the US economy, engineering, lowering the skill level of our workforce IMO.
I'm not necessarily against outsourcing to other countries as having been an international salesman for years, you realize it is a world economy.
Having said that, I wonder if, that while tragic, the instability in India may have a positive impact on US jobs. Some very large US companies outsource software development to India. That means that someone has to get on an airplane and go over and manage them. I wouldn't be very enthusiastic about traveling there right now, and I've been to a bunch of 3rd world countries.
I'm not necessarily against outsourcing to other countries as having been an international salesman for years, you realize it is a world economy.
Having said that, I wonder if, that while tragic, the instability in India may have a positive impact on US jobs. Some very large US companies outsource software development to India. That means that someone has to get on an airplane and go over and manage them. I wouldn't be very enthusiastic about traveling there right now, and I've been to a bunch of 3rd world countries.