Comment India has its own problems (Score 1) 1361
I work in the US division of an International company. There are several programmers in our group from India, and today several of them were talking about the situation in India. It is great for the Indian programmer. They can switch jobs and get 20-40% pay raises by working for another company. They can do this every 6 months to a year. This leads to a lack of business experience in the workers. Sure they know how to program, but they don't know the systems. Why train someone for a position if they are just going to leave in 6 months to a year?
This high demand of Indian programmers is also causing a lack of worth ethic over there. My manager was complaining that the Indians don't work very hard, because there is no incentive. Why work hard when the only thing your boss can do is fire you? If he does then you can get another job that pays as well or better? And the next person you hire will be just the same. My manager was complaining that one American was doing more work than five Indians, because they didn't apply themselves.
This manager has also been complaining for months about the communication problems with Indians. Since they live on the other side of the world, there is a one day delay for all emails. And if you want to do a conference call, you have to come in early and they stay late because there is a 9.5 hour difference in time.
Given the choice, my manager and many people I have talked to would rather pay 10 times more for a US programmer so they don't have to deal with these problems.
Problems similar to these are reasons why people are moving jobs back to the US away from India. Will this outsourcing of jobs effect me? Of course, but will I be extinct if I don't change professions, I don't see how.
This high demand of Indian programmers is also causing a lack of worth ethic over there. My manager was complaining that the Indians don't work very hard, because there is no incentive. Why work hard when the only thing your boss can do is fire you? If he does then you can get another job that pays as well or better? And the next person you hire will be just the same. My manager was complaining that one American was doing more work than five Indians, because they didn't apply themselves.
This manager has also been complaining for months about the communication problems with Indians. Since they live on the other side of the world, there is a one day delay for all emails. And if you want to do a conference call, you have to come in early and they stay late because there is a 9.5 hour difference in time.
Given the choice, my manager and many people I have talked to would rather pay 10 times more for a US programmer so they don't have to deal with these problems.
Problems similar to these are reasons why people are moving jobs back to the US away from India. Will this outsourcing of jobs effect me? Of course, but will I be extinct if I don't change professions, I don't see how.
