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RE: FUNNY OFFSHORE STORY

Subject: RE: FUNNY OFFSHORE STORY
From: Keri Morgret <kerilists -at- morgret -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 08:31:22 -0700


The LA Times had an article Sunday about two California companies offshoring (one to Australia, one to India) and the problems and benefits each company encountered. The one to Australia gave up after a few months, the one to India has hung in there, but has had problems along the way. The story may require free registration.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-offshore11apr11,1,2282545,print.story

At 08:17 AM 4/12/2004, walden miller wrote:

She explained the economics of the situation: The
writers in India were being paid $40/week (her figure, not mine). The
contractors she was providing were in the $40-70/hour range. One company
kept one writer on full time as an editor to clean up what was being
delivered from India. Economically, this is a no-brainer. Worse quality?
The editor said the docs were usable. The savings from doing business in
India clearly offset the marginal quality loss.


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RE: FUNNY OFFSHORE STORY: From: John Posada
RE: FUNNY OFFSHORE STORY: From: walden miller

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