Karen Challinor

UK

staring at clouds

"But offshoring IT is not costing British workers he said, as the UK does not have enough trained workers to fulfil demand"

really?

try looking at the skills of people over 40 then or offering training to the staff you have

but there again, employing uk workers is more expensive than offshoring isn't it and the shareholders need their dividends so the salary bill gets decimated and the skilled staff (i.e. the older and more expensive ones) end up stacking shelves at t*sco or working security desks

now this isn't India's fault nor is it the fault of any offshoring destination, these guys saw they would have an economic advantage, and went for it with both hands and they are providing a high quality service at low cost and more power to their collective elbows for that

however if the playing field were level then I suspect India whouldn't be a market leader, I suspect the british economy wouldn't be heamorraging money in the direction of offshore services and I suspect there wouldn't be any bleating about non existent skills shortages

to paraphrase Jim Royle "offshoring IT not costing british workers? my arse!"