GM bringing jobs back to US

**JP4CY** · 07-12-2012, 02:28 PM

Nice to see this, would be great if more companies did it too:
GM to Slash Outsourcing, Bring 90 Percent IT Jobs In-House | Dice Blog Network

**ianoconnor** · 07-12-2012, 02:30 PM

Very nice to see.

Unfortunately, on the other side of the spectrum, Ralph Lauren outsourced the manufacture of our Olympic team uniforms to China.

**BooneCy** · 07-12-2012, 03:21 PM

I think you might see more of this in the future. IT salaries and expertise have started to really narrow globally. It is no longer as big of a benefit to outsource IT to other countries given the location differences.

**Acylum** · 07-12-2012, 03:50 PM

Well, it's not like GM owes the U.S. taxpayers anything.

**jbhtexas** · 07-12-2012, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by Acylum

Well, it's not like GM owes the U.S. taxpayers anything.

Yeah...can't say much about the timing of this without getting the thread thrown to the cave...

**Go2Guy** · 07-12-2012, 03:59 PM

Originally Posted by Acylum

Well, it's not like GM owes the U.S. taxpayers anything.

I heard we need something like $54 / share just to break even on what us taxpayers "loaned" them.

**LindenCy** · 07-12-2012, 04:01 PM

Originally Posted by Go2Guy

I heard we need something like $54 / share just to break even on what us taxpayers "loaned" them.

Not to mention the US shareholders that took a beating when they went bankrupt and then magically reappeared.

**jdoggivjc** · 07-12-2012, 08:39 PM

And they will probably send more manufacturing jobs to Canada and Mexico to compensate for those IT jobs returned to America.

**leroycyclone** · 07-12-2012, 09:06 PM

Originally Posted by JP4CY

Nice to see this, would be great if more companies did it too:
GM to Slash Outsourcing, Bring 90 Percent IT Jobs In-House | Dice Blog Network

I didn't read that jobs were coming back to the US from overseas. I read that GM is bringing the jobs from data companies back to GM and might build three US centers to house the hires.

**isuno1fan** · 07-12-2012, 09:09 PM

Certainly nice to see, but likely a dumb business move

**Sigmapolis** · 07-12-2012, 09:11 PM

Rumor I heard was GM was heading for another bankruptcy around town... Hm.

Yes, intentionally/unintentionally starting another firestorm with that non-seq...

**brianhos** · 07-12-2012, 09:15 PM

Originally Posted by isuno1fan

Certainly nice to see, but likely a dumb business move

We are moving things back to the US. Outsourcing IT just does not work. The workers in India work really hard for pennies on the dollar, but they cannot figure out anything remotely complicated. If you have repetitious, repeatable IT problems, you are a failure as a company.

**besserheimerphat** · 07-12-2012, 09:30 PM

I've heard that the US is becoming the low cost labor supplier in some sectors, which is still not really a good thing.

**Cyclones_R_GR8** · 07-14-2012, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by brianhos

We are moving things back to the US. Outsourcing IT just does not work. The workers in India work really hard for pennies on the dollar, but they cannot figure out anything remotely complicated. If you have repetitious, repeatable IT problems, you are a failure as a company.

The company I work for was bought several years ago by a company in India. The concept of applied knowledge is lost on them. If it is not written down step by step they are lost. And no one stays in a position long enough to actually gain any true insight into what they are doing.

**GMan** · 07-14-2012, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by brianhos

We are moving things back to the US. Outsourcing IT just does not work. The workers in India work really hard for pennies on the dollar, but they cannot figure out anything remotely complicated. If you have repetitious, repeatable IT problems, you are a failure as a company.

Do you think this is to a significant extent because US workers are much better communicators than Indian workers? I've heard this is a major difficulty in working with outsourced IT given they are not native English speakers.