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The largest telecommunications company in Australia, Telstra, has outsourced 1500 jobs to India. It previously outsourced its directories division in 2006, while complaining about the lack of programmers available in Australia saying that only 1200 new software engineers have become available in the workforce in the last 12 months compared to 44,000 in India. This move is the latest in a series to offshore IT work to India.
How long until all of the IT in Telstra is moved to India?
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Telstra Outsources 1500 to India after Whining about Shallow Local IT Talent Pool
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by crafoo on Friday February 01 2019, @05:16PM (1 child)
These statements always omit the second half: "lack of programmers available" .. at the price point we want to pay.
I'm sure there are plenty of skilled programmers in Aussieland. They just are not able to work full time at 1/5th the pay; the rate that these companies can offer to Indian citizens and have their job offers accepted.
The reality is programming positions can be more or less effectively outsourced. So they will be. These companies will need program managers to oversee these projects and (when reality eventually shows itself) in-country, skilled programmers to clean up and take the project "the last mile". If your OK doing this kind of work you could tailor your CV accordingly.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 02 2019, @10:54AM
... and refuse to work a 45 hour week