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I disagree with your conclusion. These "meat shops" are not the place for creative talent. They are that, meat shops. We have them in Mexico as well. You can't
by aespinoza 11y ago
I disagree with your conclusion. These "meat shops" are not the place for creative talent. They are that, meat shops. We have them in Mexico as well. You can't expect a person to use its creativity in a project where you are not expected to contribute in a creative way. These companies are hired to do manual work, not creative work.
It is a problem with motivation in outsourcing companies. I have met a ton of Indian IT workers who are amazingly creative and bright, and with strong convictions. But when they started out in an outsourcing companies, nobody really cared about their ideas or what they thought. So motivation goes to the ground. They'll do their job.
This problem is greatly attributed to people from India, because they have the biggest outsourcing industry. But it happens in the U.S. as well.
This is the main reason why so many reports discourage outsourcing. It is not that the work force is not good enough, it is just that they are not encouraged and motivated to be creative, they are encouraged to finish the work fast and with little salary.
- pcurve 11y agoI don't disagree with your meat shops assessment. But you have to wonder how this creative and highly analytical professional devolved into meat shops. Initially there was cost differential was too attractive to ignore. But over time, H1B costs have gone up. And even though per/hour per/body cost of H1B is still lower, anybody who've worked on IT projects many moons ago realize that we used to get a lot more done with far fewer bodies. There were days where you can bring in couple of amazingly talented consultants on 1099 charging $200/hour doing miracle work. No more. Yes, the hourly rates were ridiculous, but the total costs were lower. So H1B is no longer just about the cost in my opinion.