dupe - sorry :(

[UpInArms]

http://www.iht.com/cgi-bin/generic.cgi?template=articleprint.tmplh&ArticleId=129906

BANGALORE, India Siemens, the German electronics maker, said Monday that it would move most of the 15,000 software programming jobs from its offices in the United States and Western Europe to locations such as India, China and Eastern Europe.

"Siemens has recognized that a huge amount of software development activity needs to be moved from high-cost countries to low-cost countries," said Anil Laud, managing director of Information Systems, the group's information technology subsidiary in India.

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Scores of companies in Europe and North America have farmed out software development and back-office work to India and other countries where wages are significantly lower. India is expected to earn $13 billion from such services for the financial year ending March 2004.

The job shift has sparked a backlash from some unions and politicians in Western countries who see little more to such plans than job losses for programmers at home.

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[POed_Ex_Repub]

1. Dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=368324

[Bronco69]

2. Jeez!

I would seriously like to know what India's unemployment rate is. It has to be remarkably low with all of these jobs going over there.

[alcuno]

3. My father retired from Siemens in Boca Raton, FL.

Those are really good jobs.

[7th_Sephiroth]

4. i have been working with siemens panels today

just as bad and low quality as square d's electrical panels