Actually, you'll probably get less due to culture and languiage issues, not to mention shipping stuff back and forth and the risk of conducting business in an environment not protected, as it were, by American laws.
I refuse to accept that "110%" is the minimum acceptable level of performance. That's fraud. Offering pay for performing according to a certain job description, then saying that isn't enough, shows either an intent to screw the employees out of work for which they won't be paid, or incompetent management not writing the job descriptions correctly.
This is an interesting conversation. The first time I've put these thoughts on "paper." So, thanks for that.
I don't know what "110%" really means. One person's 60% is another person's 100%. The trick is hiring good people. The best boss I ever had let me come in at the civilized hour of 10:00 a.m., didn't enforce a dress code, and gave days off after the crunch time was over. One night I'm finishing up some work with a colleague and casually said, "How many hours did we work last week?" He shrugs. So, we sit down and do the total. Holy crap, the boss had us working between 65-70 hours a week without knowing it.
The guy has an instinct for hiring people who would work themselves to death for a few perks and reasonable money. Oddly, it was about the most fun I ever had in an office.
In regards to getting equal value off shore -- language issues aren't a problem in India and any shortcomings are more than made up by the low, low everyday prices.