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6 AM Pacific » Blog Archive » The Cost of Onsite Hiring Just Went Down — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:35:04 +0000

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6 AM Pacific » Blog Archive » The Quest for Higher Bill Rates — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:00:44 +0000

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By: Dip

Dip — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:39:55 +0000

Many commenters have highlighted the cultural aspect. I would like to add..
Any westerner would expect to be respected as individual or as a professional irrespective of his/her role and designation. We normally don't do that. We have a very low sense of respect for human being and work (whether frying chips or selling software every job is worth basic respect). We tend to show more respect on money, grade or position of an individual than the individual.
If you feel IT is not like that, ask any senior executive in Bangalore if he/she has ever acknowledged the existence of X who is perhaps sitting next to his cabin for 3 years, he/she may know everything about X through subordinate but may not say hello if they come face to face. After all X is 4 grades below.

By: Krishna

Krishna — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:17:07 +0000

Quality output comes of course from (a) talent coupled with (b) commitment, but try adding an element of (c) insecurity and lifestyle comfort, it morphs into a guarantee. You can never get that (c) from a local hire.

By: Vishwa Vedula

Vishwa Vedula — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:48:38 +0000

Captive offshore development centers set up by many multinationals on their own havent been that succesful compared to the phenomenal growth and success seen by Indian IT giants in the last 2 decades.

Does that add a point to this debate especially about need for kind of onsite personnel needed for coordination with the offshore centers to make it work ?

By: Vasanth

Vasanth — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:53:22 +0000

I agree with some of the earlier comments about lack of trust in the local market about Indian companies. I have noticed this first hand when some resources were offered jobs with Infosys when we took over from EDS. Most of them rejected the offer stating they will not enjoy the same freedom with Infosys.

By: Basab Pradhan

Basab Pradhan — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:45:36 +0000

Thanks everyone, great comments. Please keep them coming.

By: basab_prad13041

basab_prad13041 — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:43:24 +0000

Thanks Subrata. I read the article on Outlook. We did the same interviews in the press when Infosys launched Infosys Consulting. For them, as it was for us, it is all in the execution.

By: basab_prad13041

basab_prad13041 — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:39:59 +0000

thanks. typo fixed.

By: basab_prad13041

basab_prad13041 — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:37:39 +0000

Swapnil – isn't the "volume" of onsite employees high enough already? It must be in the hundreds of thousands just in the US. Your Udipi restaurant example is a pretty apt one. Though I suspect there is an additional driver there. A significant percent of the clientele of the restaurant might prefer the staff to be from Karnataka.