Chris Jones is right on the money.
Let me put another spin on this. I don't find it funny as this is a symbol of what is happening to more and more of the high tech labor in the computer software industry.
I own a small photogrammetry company That is now competing with a very large and growing overseas labor market set up by United States Companies. These companies create 100's of jobs overseas in just my industry. I can only assume that the total market is in the hundreds of thousands.
Those of you whose jobs can not be sent overseas, site construction, police, fire, etc may not have a true appreciation for what is happening.
I can barely pay my employees insurance for the labor rate of what some of these companies are offering. If you think about it, more and more of these technical positions are being transfered to overseas labor. Why? Not because they are better but because they are cheaper. Are these companies reducing the price to the US consumer? Nope! mmm. If I own the overseas company and I sub contract my local work to a company I own overseas for what ever I have in the job, then in the states I don't have a profit. ANd i'm not a US citizen so I can keep the money in an offshore account. mmm wonder what that does to the taxes I wouldn't have to pay.
Some would say I have a case of sour grapes. Yup, I guess I do. But I have resisted the many offers of these companies to subcontract/ broker jobs to them for the simple reason I feel it is wrong. My Partner and I built this company with the help of a dozen employees plus the hardware and knowledge of our local computer wizard (our very own Patrick, thank you very much) that for the most part have been with me for the past 5 years. And now I am going to call them in and tell them that they have been replaced by someone thousands of miles away? I think NOT.
It may get a bit rough and we may have to take a smaller margin and we may have to trim expenses and benefits but we will continue as we have been. Serving our local clients with local labor. On a positive note we are not just sitting by but are actively looking into areas of our business that can not be sent overseas.
In case you are wondering these companies send high resolution aerial photos (1 pixel = 1/2 ft) of entire cities and counties to companie overseas. In practical terms that's about 2-4 times better than what Google earth has in the Washington DC area. this is going to countries such as China, India and Checkoslovakia for the purpose of mapping our infrastructure. That includes, Roads, Transmission Lines, Power Plants and Dams, Nuke Plants and yes even Military installations and storage facilities.
Oh yeah, since there is no law against it....It's Legal!
Damn, I hate it when others do this and now I'm guilty. My apologies to all but I do feel a bit better.
Let me put another spin on this. I don't find it funny as this is a symbol of what is happening to more and more of the high tech labor in the computer software industry.
I own a small photogrammetry company That is now competing with a very large and growing overseas labor market set up by United States Companies. These companies create 100's of jobs overseas in just my industry. I can only assume that the total market is in the hundreds of thousands.
Those of you whose jobs can not be sent overseas, site construction, police, fire, etc may not have a true appreciation for what is happening.
I can barely pay my employees insurance for the labor rate of what some of these companies are offering. If you think about it, more and more of these technical positions are being transfered to overseas labor. Why? Not because they are better but because they are cheaper. Are these companies reducing the price to the US consumer? Nope! mmm. If I own the overseas company and I sub contract my local work to a company I own overseas for what ever I have in the job, then in the states I don't have a profit. ANd i'm not a US citizen so I can keep the money in an offshore account. mmm wonder what that does to the taxes I wouldn't have to pay.
Some would say I have a case of sour grapes. Yup, I guess I do. But I have resisted the many offers of these companies to subcontract/ broker jobs to them for the simple reason I feel it is wrong. My Partner and I built this company with the help of a dozen employees plus the hardware and knowledge of our local computer wizard (our very own Patrick, thank you very much) that for the most part have been with me for the past 5 years. And now I am going to call them in and tell them that they have been replaced by someone thousands of miles away? I think NOT.
It may get a bit rough and we may have to take a smaller margin and we may have to trim expenses and benefits but we will continue as we have been. Serving our local clients with local labor. On a positive note we are not just sitting by but are actively looking into areas of our business that can not be sent overseas.
In case you are wondering these companies send high resolution aerial photos (1 pixel = 1/2 ft) of entire cities and counties to companie overseas. In practical terms that's about 2-4 times better than what Google earth has in the Washington DC area. this is going to countries such as China, India and Checkoslovakia for the purpose of mapping our infrastructure. That includes, Roads, Transmission Lines, Power Plants and Dams, Nuke Plants and yes even Military installations and storage facilities.
Oh yeah, since there is no law against it....It's Legal!
Damn, I hate it when others do this and now I'm guilty. My apologies to all but I do feel a bit better.
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