Stop Offshoring
Friday, July 01, 2005
Two noteworthy pieces of offshoring related news this week:
ID theft at Indian call center - This doesn't surprise me at all. If Indians are taking our jobs at a fraction of our salaries, then wouldn't it also cost less to tempt them into selling private data that we've given them access too? Companies spend millions of dollars on firewalls and other other security measures but don't think twice about sending sensitive data to foreigners half a world away!
IBM to hire 14,000 in India - The counterpart to this action is IBM's decision to cut a similar number of jobs in the U.S. and Europe. I won't even comment on this. But I will stop buying anything from IBM.
