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Subject:Re: Outsourcing in Earnest From:"Phillip St. James" <saint0 -at- verizon -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 13 Jan 2005 10:22:12 -0800
Mr. Smith -- I think that there are a number of writers and perhaps tech
pubs managers on this list who are from India or are living and working in
India now. Why not ask that group to respond to your American tech writer
displacement strategy request off-list? (You also might want to use one of
the online language translation apps to insure that your request is fully
understood.)
It seems very odd and perhaps disrespectful that you would want US writers
to assist you to successfully displace themselves and/or their local
colleagues in favor of less qualified, and purposely underpaid newbies to
our field.
I, for one, am truly amazed that anyone would think that it would be
acceptable to not only want to displace well-educated, hardworking,
knowledgeable tech writers here in the US (without just cause), but that you
would ask for help in mapping out the strategies and procedures for doing
so...
If your company can't afford to hire off-shoring professionals to seamlessly
make this move happen for your outfit, why should that information be given
away by those who are most direly affected? That makes no sense to me at
all...
With all due respect, do American tech writers really seem that stupid,
vapid, and self-destructive to voluntarily help any company to get rid of
jobs that are so hard to come by and hold on to?
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