Dell brings support back to the US.

[AJ]

I think this is the best thing that could happen right now to a large US company.

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113681,00.asp

Could this be a sign of more jobs comming back to the US?

[JET]

I think you linked to the wrong article. That took me to an AMD vs. Intel page.

[AJ]

fixed. my bad

[Jakey]

Well..... http://www.forbes.com/facesinthenews/2005/04/29/0429autofacescan05.html

[A//// Guy]

It just temporary, they will never bring all support back to the US, it just costs the company way too much.

[FattyBoomBatty]

wel, maybe if our economy wasn't in the dumpster they would be more inclined to source work from the U.S.

but on another note, my roommate from a year ago had this dell computer and he called in for tech support several times when his computer crashed and he always got some indian guy, so he started asking for someone who speaks english and finally moved to american. it was funny cause the indians would say, "i speak english" and of course they didn't very well.

[A//// Guy]

.. our economy isnt in the dumpster and even it it was better than it is now, outsourcing is always going to around. Cheap labor that saves the company ALOT of money is much smarter in the long run... I know that alot of people say it takes away from jobs here but business is business.

I agree that they shouldnt be outsourcing tech though, especially if you cant understand a freaking thing they say. You can hear a major accent but there name is "Bob" haha.

[Jakey]

wel, maybe if our economy wasn't in the dumpster they would be more inclined to source work from the U.S.


Care to expand on what economic figures you are using for that statement?

[AJ]

Our current economic structure has nothing to do with this topic. Or at least very very very little. These choices to bring current us jobs to other countries are mostly made up by 2 sets of info.

The first is the obvious desire to increase profits within a company, and it's the greedy little bastards at the top of the food chain in the company that make those choices. The downfall is that they already make a ton more $$$$ than the people who actually make the money for them and it will eventually cost those people some jobs.

The second is the low labor costs of these other countries. India, China, ect ect has the ability to use current technology and their low labor cost to comeplete these same jobs for a significant amount less. In todays economy the language barrier is the least of most business concerns.

[Kracka]

Please also keep in mind that it is not only the fat-cats in a corp. that force jobs overseas, but it is also the American consumers. We keep demanding lower prices, and cuts need to be made somwhere. Profit margins are very slim for most things we buy, incuding PC's due to such stiff competition.