Man Bites Dog
Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug. Sometimes outsourcing hurts you, and sometimes it comes back around. Remember Validis Kreb’s recent commentary on manufacturing? Now Fortune has this report on a call center moving from India to–you guessed it–Ohio:
“It would be easy to imagine Reno, Ohio, as the type of place that would be hit hardest by outsourcing - a small American town losing out to the invisible hand shifting jobs to places like Bangalore and Guangzhou. Instead, outsourcing is bringing the jobs to Reno. Across the street from an Army Reserve center and next to a farm, a customer-service call center hums, its 250 workers answering phones for online travel agency Expedia. The center’s owner? Indian conglomerate Tata Group.”
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