Posted on 03/14/2004 1:02:42 PM PST by sarcasm
NEW DELHI: Just when you thought you had heard enough about outsourcing backlash against India, a new angle has sprung up which has been under wraps till now.
And it is as shocking as it can get. One of the most potent groups emerging in the US lobbying for a punctuation mark to outsourcing software related work – as against call centres – are none other than Indians themselves.
Most of these are low- and mid-level techies who had migrated with heavy pay cheques during the 1990s and are now finding their own brethren back home snatching their jobs.
They are primarily located in the California region but are also spread around New Jersey and Washington.
Most of these are techies of the level of programmers – those had gone there on three-year work permits and had then extended their stay through various means.
(Excerpt) Read more at economictimes.indiatimes.com ...
So paying an engineer $8,000 annually, translates to about 360,000 Rupee. Over 16X the national average.
No wonder the Indians are clamoring for more offshoring.
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