Indian Jobs Outsourced - to the US!

Filed in archive Asia on October 2, 2007

If you are worried about the lose of jobs to global outsourcing, you may be somewhat reassured to learn that at least some Indian jobs are being outsourced to the United States and many other countries.

The strong Indian currency and increasing compensation demands by workers in India accounts for part of the change, but so do the language requirements of the market served by global outsourcing companies. The better known alternatives to India include facilities in China and Mexico, and other latin american countries and Eastern Europe are also popular. But perhaps most surprising is the fact that United States is also considered. Japanese auto makers invested and created jobs in less developed parts of the United States decades ago. Watch for similar patterns and tax incentive packages now.

See Outsourcing works so well, India is exporting jobs, The New York Times, September 25, 2007, for more information.