Re: Outsourcing developer to India and China - As an Oracle developer I am miffed

Okay, let's say it is like this.
My labour is worth $100 per hour. This is the amount my company benefits by my work.
I get paid $80 per hour, and $20 per hour is the amount my company profits from my work.

Now, an Indian worker comes along. His labour is worth $100 per hour but He gets paid 10$ per hour and his company takes $90.

Obviously my job is going to India, so I'm screwed. The Indian programmer is being screwed too, but relative to being a beggar on the street, it looks good to him/her.

Shall we argue about the benefits of communism over capitalism? How about global labour parties?
These are old stories and the real question is about how to keep the "haves" from squeezing every drop of blood out of the "have-nots".

The only solution is to crawl into a bottle and get on welfare. Or practice non-attachment, or become a living Christ, or maybe surrender to Allah(swt), or burn a cross in your front yard and blame everyboy that does not look like you, or become 9i certified, or ... (pick your solution)

Mike

"Jitendra Patel" <coldrainandsnow_at_lycos.com> wrote in message news:7610580f.0310041626.6ba29e3e_at_posting.google.com...
> > Are we having our life opportunities terminated and rolled out at a
> > cheaper cost in these countries. I thought Globalisation was supposed to
> > bring competition - Instead our IT manager are giving away our
> > livlyhoods for nothing.
>
> What about our livelihoods? In India, $20 per day is a great salary,
> and it is not our problem that you desire 10 times that amount for the
> same volume of work.
>
> > So what if cheaper - Is it ethical????? Is it fair on your children or
> > the society your ancestors dreamed of building.
>
> Very racist. My ancestors dreamed of prosperity also.
>
> > If these people want oracle jobs than they should get of their butts and
> > come to 1st world countries.
>
> Why come to you? It is a highly-connected world, and a T1 can get me
> anywhere on the globe. With ssh, all is secure too.
Received on Sun Oct 05 2003 - 12:28:33 CDT