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| Thread ID: 128840 | 2013-01-18 21:25:00 | IT worker outsources own job to China | FoxyMX (5) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1323452 | 2013-01-18 21:25:00 | Outsourcing in reverse - now this is using your brain! A win-win for everyone. :D :D A software developer for a U.S. company paid a fraction of his six-figure salary to a contractor in China to do his work, then spent the bulk of his workday surfing the Web. By all accounts, Bob was a model employee, a software developer who consistently wrote clean code for his company and never missed deadlines. Then investigators found out it wasn't Bob who was doing his job. Turns out Bob had outsourced his work to China, paying a lowly overseas surrogate a fraction of his six-figure salary to do his 9-to-5 job. All the while, Bob sat at his desk, pretending to be busy while actually surfing the Internet, updating his Facebook page and watching cat videos. Story here (news.msn.com) and here (www.news.com.au). |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 1323453 | 2013-01-18 21:30:00 | The cat dobbed him in :D | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1323454 | 2013-01-18 21:31:00 | I still don't see why he should lose his job, the work was done, and very well. He should get a bonus for innovation in my opinion :D |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1323455 | 2013-01-18 21:34:00 | The cat dobbed him in :D There, see, that was his mistake. He should have watched dog videos, not cats! :D |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 1323456 | 2013-01-18 21:34:00 | I still don't see why he should lose his job, the work was done, and very well. He should get a bonus for innovation in my opinion :D Exactly! :lol: |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 1323457 | 2013-01-19 00:09:00 | Wow, that is pretty funny, in essence however that's what real corps do, take a big US manufacturer such as apple (not hitting on apple, it's just they are an example), Work outsourced to low paid employees, company makes six, seven, eight figure profits. Unfortunately though what he did is highly unethical and a bit of a fraud as well as he probably made out quite clearly that it was his own work. Also he posted his RSA token!? Damn dangerous much!! imagine if the company he sourced to had decided to steal secrets! As far as pay goes, 100,000 USD = 24,000 NZD approx which equates to 124,308 RMB - For some chinese bloke that is an absolute f****tonne of money. It probably went to a group of devs but even so, that's a pretty substantial wage for ONE job, these guys often work together for as many as 5 corporate clients at a time. The work quality can be varying but that's not a bad price. |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1323458 | 2013-01-19 00:54:00 | As far as pay goes, 100,000 USD = 24,000 NZD approx which equates to 124,308 RMB -at a time. The work quality can be varying but that's not a bad price.Really? | plod (107) | ||
| 1323459 | 2013-01-19 01:36:00 | I still don't see why he should lose his job, the work was done, and very well. Because they had hired him, not someone overseas. If they wanted someone overseas they'd outsource it themselves. Not to mention the security breaches..... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1323460 | 2013-01-19 05:20:00 | [QUOTE=plod;1142072]Really?[/QUOTE Fail on my part, 1/5th of 100,000 = the rest of the equation. I wonder why I did badly in my calculus exam :rolleyes: | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1323461 | 2013-01-20 05:48:00 | They're just annoyed his idea was smarter than what they could come up with :lol: | Agent_24 (57) | ||
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