Comments on: Outsourcing Sex

By: Gabby

Gabby — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 01:31:58 +0000

I will comment on the uncommentable.
I don’t have a gym at our office.
I have not had sex in my office.
Would I? Probably not, but I would consider outsourcing.

By: Nex Ninek

Nex Ninek — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 14:03:01 +0000

Ok, to give you an example, the situation is the same with oil. US pays good money to foreign countries to import oil. Why do that when there is oil available in the US? Just introduce legislation forbidding oil imports. Not enough oil you say? Well, not at the current world price… but if you raise the price from the current $60 per barrel to say $600, the demand would decrease, cost inefficient wells abandoned in the past would go into production again, alternate energy sources would become cost effective, and the US would get to keep its money at home.

Now the obvious immediate side effect is the consumers’ pocket at the gas station. But it would affect all industries, raising the prices of everything, including items for export… and you can see where that leads.

It’s the same with IT human resources. The US IT unemployed are like abandoned oil wells, too expensive to use at the price they are willing to produce. Restricting foreign imports (outsourcing) raises the cost of the products they are involved in producing, including items for export — sound familiar?

As I said, protectionism does not work — eventually the consumer suffers.

By: Nex Ninek

Nex Ninek — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 13:07:53 +0000

It’s a matter of cost. The people looking for jobs require more money than those in Asian countries. If you do not reduce your costs as a company, your competition (which may well be in Asia) will — and your hired local employees, IT and other, will be out of a job.

As with everything, eventually the cost of Asian IT personnel is going to increase to match that of the US — and equilibium will set in. Until then it is hard medicin to take, but the alternative is even more unpalatable.

Protectionism (except in rare cases and on a temporary basis) does not work. The industry being protected becomes inefficient and un-innovative as there is no incentive to change. Eventually, the consumer suffers.

By: site admin

site admin — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 14:47:44 +0000

I understand that it’s inevitable in the development of a country, just as imperialism is inevitable. That doesn’t mean that I approve of either one, though. There are plenty of people out there looking for jobs in the US, yet companies are turning toward Asian countries. We could lower the unemployment rate AND keep the money in the country if we just hired locally.

By: V.V. Reddi

V.V. Reddi — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 17:39:12 +0000

Outsourcing is a natural phenomenon to reduce costs, and expand business faster. With the higher compensation burden, and lack of Human Talent is forcing several Companies in US to outsource from India, Philippines, China , Russia. Companies have been raving about their cost savings to put the same money in R&D, new product development, expansion besides building capital and profitability.

So Outsourcing is inevitable, and one can not stop it. If you can not prepare your own food, you need to go restaurant and that saves you time.