Does McCain? I don't think any presidential candidate is going to say they support outsourcing jobs. - Flippity
McCain has been on record talking about more jobs for Americans too - Sally Church
So @chet & @sally, outsourcing phenomenon is screwed!! or its just political talk. Becoz what i understand, is that without the cost adv of outsourcing, economy is bound to slide further. - Arjun
In my opinion it will probably remain as it is now because businesses will continue to look for ways to cut costs. The only thing to change this would be if the new government offered any benefits to business that outweighed the benefits of outsourcing. In addition - I think countries like India should become a global player and compete rather than just be a source of cheap labour. There is a lot of investment happening in India and a lot of Indian companies buying foreign companies so this is already happening and is likely to continue. - Flippity
But @chet that does not take away the fact that to get business also we need to have them come to India.Now in manufacturing, China does the same, but is not highlighted.Since high end job are coming to India, so they are being highlighted. Just imagine, if outsourcing is stopped completely, a completely industry will vanish overnight in India.Millions will be jobless. What I think is western world shud compete in free market and try to cut the cost of their business process. Why ask for subsidy? - Arjun
@Arjun I hear what you're saying but any Presidential candidate is always going to promise to do what's best for their own country. Besides I'm sure there are lots of other countries apart from USA that use India for outsourcing right? - Flippity
@ARjun, regardless of what people think, current research indicates that outsourcing is not viable for companies. They have short term gains, but are losing out big time in th loyalty chain and hence long term growth. Even with IT jobs, the cost of a programmer in India is equal to the cost of a programmer in the states. People are already pulling out from India. The Bubble in India will not last till 2020. India needs to compete on their own footing, - Peter Dawson
I'm sorry, but I don't look at how a candidate's positions might affect one or really any, other country. I look at what I think is best for the U.S. (which includes good relations with most other countries), and vote for the best candidate. Unfortunately for India, et al., outsourcing is not the best policy for the U.S. - steplow = Steve Lowe
So the only way India can benefit is by milking such flashes in the pan? I like to think that India's future depends more on innovation than night shifts done serving off shore customers. - Vijayendra Mohanty
Obama sure sounds very much informed and knowledgeable than most Presidents I've seen in the past years. And as far as India losing outsourcing deals is concerned, I'd say we must stop thinking like 'employees' - looking for opportunities and start creating opportunities for ourselves and others. - Harshad Sharma
As Indians we should not only depend on outsourcing jobs, we should have an Obama like prime minister who can bring the change and wash out all the dirty old bastards who rule, but I don't see that happening with the eternal regional bias, we indians can never be united on anything. - chapang
