From the article >> There's arguably never been a worse time to be a mediocre, average or typical employee. For most firms today, mediocrity is a cost to be ma

From the article >> There's arguably never been a worse time to be a mediocre, average or typical employee. For most firms today, mediocrity is a cost to be managed and a burden to be borne, not a potential to cultivate or a resource worthy of serious investment. Indeed, if an app, web service or an outsourcer can deliver 80% of typical or average performance at 35% to 60% of the cost, then why pay for average employees? These days, no organization can afford to pay a premium for mediocrity.<< The Indian outsourcing and bodyshopping cartels which thrive on mediocrity and cost-arbitrage would actually consider that to be awesome news, for it hints that they will get more work to keep costs low. But what they fail to realize is that another cheaper destination is emerging elsewhere. :) One man's poison is another's pie.