From the “Gotta Get Ours” department
Or, is that the “Isn’t it ironic” department?
Well, it’s a little of both, actually. In two related stories from Australian IT, we get a closer look at the off-shore industry. It seems things are heating up for those poor “oppressed” people who are “reallocating” resources offshore. First, they’re not getting absolutly every job they can, so they’re protesting and claiming that a true free-market economy will decide where the jobs should be. No, really, I’m not kidding, here’s the article. They’re protesting the fact that the Australian government is restricting how many government, and government contract, IT jobs can be sent offshore. Hey, that sounds like the will of the people to me. And, isn’t that what a free-market economy is all about?
Maybe the problem is that China is going after India’s customers. After all, a shrinking market with higher levels of competition is a scary thing. So, when someone undercuts your price and starts to gain a significant portion of your market share, it’s scary. And, according to this article, that’s what’s happening. But, hey, the free-market ought to take care of that, right? Oh, right, at the expense of someone’s job. Well, as long as it’s not one of their jobs. Yeah, that seemed ironic to me, too.
