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this fetishization of contracting everything out to subcontractors has to do with the fact that most business schools teach one principle and one principle only
by kazen44 6y ago
this fetishization of contracting everything out to subcontractors has to do with the fact that most business schools teach one principle and one principle only. risk taking is a sin that will hurt your bottom line. subcontracting delegates that risk to someone else while leaving your company with little to no real staff that can do the innovation.
in the short term this does not matter, because the company stays profitable, but long term this is resulting in a system in which no one has complete ownership and responsibility of their systems, which makes doing changes and innovating nearly impossible.
- wil421 6y agoThe US doesn’t do it quite as much. I was shocked how much some of the larger known European telcos and companies contract out. As in the entirety of their networking and most of their IT functions were outside.
- whimsicalism 6y agoThe US does it quite a bit. I think it depends on what sort of company you're working in. For instance, when I worked in US govt, best as I could tell all the real work was done by contractors and the govt employees sat around on their asses all day.
- mindentropy 6y agoI have seen many European companies love big monopolistic giants like IBM or Microsoft. There is literally no respect for smaller innovative companies.