[G. Stolyarov II]

It is good to see the growing global economy at work; IBM is harnessing the skills of foreign workers from many different countries to benefit consumers in the United States and elsewhere. IBM is also giving many talented foreign programmers a chance to rise economically via their own talents and hard work. See Dr. Belew's blog at PanAsianBiz

[NinoFan]

I don't mind mind foreign engineers, but those call centers can be a real pain in the rear when you try to call for support or help.

[Hodar]

To know one's surprise ....

Must be a public school graduate.

[SamAdams76]

It's a shame they can't move every single job there is overseas. Unfortunately, we are going to still people to work in fast-food restaurants. But wait, can't we operate the drive-throughs from Thailand? For example, when you pull up to a Burger King in Joplin, Missouri, your order can be taken by some 14-year-old girl in Bangkok being paid 14 cents an hour. Why not? All you have to do is feed the audio overseas using a Skype connection. Of course, we will need somebody to flip the burger and toss the frozen fries into that grease vat. But wait, can't we invent some kind of machine that can withdraw a frozen patty from the deep-freezer, toss it onto a hot griddle and flip it over after a pre-determined amount of time? Then wrap it and slide it down a conveyor belt to the waiting customer?

I am hopeful that something can be invented soon that can do this.

[mysterio]

Boy, isn't it awesome when our corporations move all the jobs overseas? If we could move every job overseas, we'd have super cheap products to buy with our unemployment and government checks! And a whole lot more time off! Globalization, thy name is vacation!

[Brilliant]

It's good business.

[soccer_maniac]

I in IBM stands for International after all :)

[warchild9]

All the IBM jobs here in the Triangle have been converted into either temp jobs or positions held open for H1-b's. The Yankee colonists/economic refugees pouring into my state learn this right quick. (Those I've known--and the Mrs. is an ex-IBM'er--have moved on, once they discovered they can't maintain a household on $25,000 a year. Lost a lot of friends this way over the past few years.)

[RJL]

The big winner however is India. IBM's work force has grown by almost 500% from 9,000 workers to 43,000 workers who are operating data centers, call centers, and are doing software development and research.

I'll bet IBM can get corporate executives very cheaply in India as well. Funny that I don't see that occupation listed here.

[Sprite518]

Pay is the cherry on top. Perhaps if we had a different tax system all together, then we would not have to worry about this. Our country is slowly becoming not business friendly, and this is why jobs are going overseas.