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To: Diana who wrote (10718)	6/2/2000 9:34:00 AM
From: Jeffrey James	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24042

Low unemployment, productivity and out-source to India. I live in the Boston area where unemployment is zip. We have lots of reqs for engineers and programmers. We would pay well if we can find the right skills, but it's hard to find anyone to even apply. We can't find the people we need flipping hamburgers at McDonalds. The positions have to stay unfilled. The result is our productivity is way up. Sales are booming. We can't find people, so head count remains constant. Somehow, the important work gets done. We are moving some work to India. Smart people, good people. Raises productivity again since the wages of a programmer in India is much lower than here. Law of unintended consequences in action

To: Diana who wrote (10718)	6/2/2000 9:37:00 AM
From: Tunica Albuginea	Respond to of 24042

OT/Diana, I thought so too until I heard on ?the Radio how the call sounded from the Philippines.It was actually pretty good. Many of these workers trained in the US and then had to return back there for visa purposes. Ireland is busting at the seams. Same thing. SIEBEL a great company, TA Message #10718 from Diana at Jun 2, 2000 8:58 AM ET I doubt "call centers" which involve human to human conversation will ever move to India. No one is going to be comfortable deciphering "Inglish".