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Funny. In my experience telling something as it is is a very easy way to piss of the client, who in general have huge ego that they are from a superior culture.
by cubancigar11 11y ago
Funny. In my experience telling something as it is is a very easy way to piss of the client, who in general have huge ego that they are from a superior culture.
- cookiecaper 11y agoOne of the primary benefits of an external contractor is that they are mostly unaffected by whatever politics are occurring within the company. This means that they're more likely to give direct, honest feedback, and they won't worry very much about whose feelings it hurts. This is supremely valuable in most organizations, and impossible for most employees to provide if they want to stick around for more than a few months. There are unreasonable people everywhere, of course, so it's not that weird to find a client who doesn't understand the value of this service.
- thothamon 11y agoEven if that is true (which it may well be), it's yet another landmine for companies who seek solutions via outsourcing. I'd agree with OP on this. I've never seen a distributed, outsourced approach work. The product has always been poor or even worthless. Having said that, I have seen distributed, in-house projects work, sometimes very well, even when the teams were internationally distributed, and even with moderate language barriers.