Stop Offshoring
Saturday, October 06, 2007
Two articles (here and here) talk about a recent UK research report showing that mid-level IT jobs are shrinking due to offshoring, although management and consulting positions are still growing. The mid-level jobs include positions such as software developers, which were once thought to be complex enough to be safe from offshoring. Apparently, they aren't, and a new class of knowledge workers can look forward to losing their jobs to cheaper (albeit inferior) workers half a world away. For the moment, jobs higher in the food chain have not been as negatively affected, but it's just a matter of time before the same managers who were so eager to let go of their employees to save a few bucks find their own jobs in jeopardy.
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