Why Offshore When Canada's Next Door? 1111
Roblimo writes "A study by accounting and consulting giant PriceWaterhouseCoopers claims Canada could lose up to 75,000 IT jobs by 2010 to offshore outsourcing, but could also *gain* 165,000 jobs through U.S. outsourcing contracts. The trick is, according to this story at IT Manager's Journal, that while Indian, Chinese, and Russian programmers may cost 80% less than U.S. programmers, the time zone, language, legal, and other problems involved with sending work half way around the world can eat up much of the labor savings, while Canadian programmers are nearby, speak English with nearly American accents, have a similar culture and legal system, and get paid 40% less than U.S. programmers. Might be time to think about moving North, eh?"
Canadian tech support is a pain in the ass (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:And get paid 40% less? No thanks. (Score:3, Funny)
For the Record (Score:2, Funny)
-Peter
Re:Well, I'm one example (Score:5, Funny)
"Well, it works on my end!"
The land of the free (Score:5, Funny)
On the other hand, we're responsible for Celine Dion. On behalf of all Canadians, I apologize profusely.
Canada, a Freedom Loving America (Score:5, Funny)
Beer == Good.
So, bring it on. Outsource me to Canada. I'll move there, what with their reasonable immigration policies, and shack up with a burly lumberjack babe and start my life anew.
heh (Score:5, Funny)
<obligatory British joke> ;)
So they pronouce English slightly better then?
</obligatory British joke>
If You Choose To Move... (Score:3, Funny)
A, ay!, B, ay!, C, ay!, D, ay! . . .
Re:Canada, a Freedom Loving America (Score:1, Funny)
Canada, our home and native land, and the home of amazing French women...
Want your fries without gravy? (Score:3, Funny)
BTW, even the McDonald's in Ottawa would offer gravy on their fries. Gravy on McDONALD'S FRIES??? What is this heresy?
Tim
In my opinion ... (Score:5, Funny)
Can we trust them? (Score:5, Funny)
Burn down our whitehouse, then Celine Dion... (Score:3, Funny)
But the flipside... (Score:3, Funny)
sure, you'll have a job; and sure you'll be working out of your own apartment instead of driving 2.5 hours to a cubicle somewhere; and sure you'll probably earn more on the whole than any of your other Canadian friends...
But really, half your income goes to the government, and what you're left with doesn't go as far, cause an iPod costs six hundred bloody dollars here, and... and... you have to say "bloody" in casual conversation... and "eh", sometimes, too... and...
Please don't come here! I can't take any more competition!
Re:I'm moving to Vancouver next month (Score:3, Funny)
Brain Suck?
well then (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Well, I'm one example (Score:3, Funny)
Re:And get paid 40% less? No thanks. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:And get paid 40% less? No thanks. (Score:3, Funny)
I tried to bin Canada last week, but it was way too big, and the garbage collectors wouldn't take it.
Canadian-Hungarian notation (Score:2, Funny)
sZedBuffer
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Re:And get paid 40% less? No thanks. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Canada as the newest 3rd-World Country... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Why not outsource to me in West Virginia... (Score:4, Funny)
Wow, NYC is a freaking Xanadu! (Score:5, Funny)
Wow, what's Tango Dancing? Museums? What the hell are plays?
This NYC place seems pretty darned fancy-looking! I should save up my 40% weaker Canadian dollars, sell my moose lodge, canoe down there, and experience what can only conceivably be a DREAM CITY IN THE **KING CLOUDS, YOU SELF-INFATUATED NY MORON.
You think freaking Tango lessons set NYC apart from the world? If *that's* your basis for judgement, you'd do us all a favour and stay put, friend.
Canada for students (Score:3, Funny)
Canadian programmers speak English? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Standard of living CanadaUS (Score:4, Funny)
I don't aplogize about Celine. (Score:5, Funny)
Celine Dion is our weapon of mass destruction!
Heck, if we ever attack a country, she's on the front line singing her heart out. After one of her Monster Ballots, we just walk in with our hockey sticks and Zambonies and clean up the enemies. We don't need fancy things like short range tactical missles, or ugh.. tanks, guns, ammunition.
Actually, on a serious note, I like it that we don't spend anything on military. In the simpson's they used the joke (excuse me if I get this wrong):
Scorpio: "What country do you like the least, Italy or France"
Homer: "France"
Scorpio: "No one ever says Italy"
Then Scorpio blows up France. Well I like it that to the rest of the world Canada = Italy. The U.S. = France.
I can just imagine terrorist meeting... "Guys what country do you like the least? Canada or the US?"
-asoap
Lies... No jobs here... Move along. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:And get paid 40% less? No thanks. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Canadian-Hungarian notation (Score:5, Funny)
Re:And get paid 40% less? No thanks. (Score:3, Funny)
You must be a sugar fanatic.
Seriously.
Re:Canadian tech support is a pain in the ass (Score:3, Funny)
I once was involved in a tech support call while I was in the US (I was doing the calling) where I was asked to spell out a username that had a "z" in it. Being Canadian, I used "zed". Every time I said "zed", the tech support woman said "What?".
I felt pretty dumb once I realized the issue.
Re:The land of the free (Score:4, Funny)
But seriously though, US media is a threat to national unity. If we allowed the airwaves to be flooded with US stuff, we'd lose a good deal of our Canadian identity.
Re:Toronto Raptors (Score:3, Funny)
We're full up! Please go away! (Score:4, Funny)
Nope, nope. We're all full up here in Canada. Yes, please go away.
You won't like it here. It's cold, yeah.... It's 25 C here in Vancouver. Brrrr.
Yes, that's right. Our healthcare system sucks. That's right. Please go away. *cough*, *cough*. Just ignore the international reports saying we has slightly better life expectancies.
Try Mexico or, maybe, India...?
Re:Toronto Raptors (Score:3, Funny)
Max
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