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    Future of offshoring

    Has offshoring in IT peaked?

    i.e. have all the companies that can offshore done so or does this trend still have more to play out and if so, for how long?

    #2
    Originally posted by Clippy View Post
    Has offshoring in IT peaked?

    i.e. have all the companies that can offshore done so or does this trend still have more to play out and if so, for how long?
    I really really hope so. But ClientCo offshoring more and more - despite the existing offshore mob stuffing everything up! muppets! I wish I knew why...

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      #3
      Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
      muppets! I wish I knew why...
      1. Goes down well with share-holders. Cutting costs don't you know.
      2. Gives you someone to blame.

      HTH
      Hard Brexit now!
      #prayfornodeal

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        #4
        Originally posted by sasguru View Post
        1. Goes down well with share-holders. Cutting costs don't you know.
        2. Gives you someone to blame.

        HTH
        So basically short-termism?

        But will the trend ever reverse or is it impossible to predict?

        Whenever I have to deal with the offshore movb I am rude and abusive. Well I am usually rude and abusive. I mean particularly.

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          #5
          Agree with that BP. It's very hard not to get rude and offensive with the offshore lot, particularly the sub-continental kind.

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            #6
            Originally posted by sasguru View Post
            1. Goes down well with share-holders. Cutting costs don't you know.
            2. Gives you someone to blame.

            HTH
            But at some point, there will be no more cost savings to be had, right?

            Then what?

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              #7
              Originally posted by Clippy View Post
              But at some point, there will be no more cost savings to be had, right?

              Then what?
              Move it somewhere else ...

              India -> Malaysia -> China -> Swansea

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                #8
                Originally posted by Clippy View Post
                But at some point, there will be no more cost savings to be had, right?

                Then what?
                Once salaries in India have been driven up sufficiently to make them uncompetetive, there will be a new round of offshoring from India to China / Vietnam / anywhere else cheap.
                ǝןqqıʍ

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by sasguru View Post
                  1. Goes down well with share-holders. Cutting costs don't you know.
                  2. Gives you someone to blame.
                  You've hit the nail on the head, the big outsourcing/offshoring jobs I've worked on were all knee jerk reactions by boards under pressure after tulip results. They announce a big outsourcing deal, juggle some figures and set the PR machine in action and then pay themselves a big bonus for doing a good job and saving a fortune. A few years down the track, IT is a big mess, the Co is well out of pocket but who gives a tulip as the genius CEO has long since moved on with bonus in pocket. The new board can then blame the outsourcers and move onto another useless bunch of outsourcers and pretend all is well for a few years.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by rootsnall View Post
                    You've hit the nail on the head, the big outsourcing/offshoring jobs I've worked on were all knee jerk reactions by boards under pressure after tulip results. They announce a big outsourcing deal, juggle some figures and set the PR machine in action and then pay themselves a big bonus for doing a good job and saving a fortune. A few years down the track, IT is a big mess, the Co is well out of pocket but who gives a tulip as the genius CEO has long since moved on with bonus in pocket. The new board can then blame the outsourcers and move onto another useless bunch of outsourcers and pretend all is well for a few years.
                    Yep, this is pretty much my experience too.

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