[quote=no_such_reality]I fully agree with you however it’s rare for companies being willing to see it even when it’s beating them over the head. Then when it is beating them over the head they Need to work through all the finger pointing of who isn’t getting it done, sometimes several cycles of blame game before they see that what they bought and what they got aren’t the same and that work teams spanning the globe of mid level people introduce significant diseconomies.[/quote]
Oh trust me, my company isn’t generally willing to see it, it’s just there are one or two instances of leadership that goes against the grain of the general wind of the bean counters. In fact, the company acquiring my company is notorious for playing the bean counting/cost game…That’s one of my motivations for leaving. And funny, not a single SMT actually tried to convince me to stay, because on a personal level, they told me that given the unknowns, it’s probably the better move I’m making (I’m not so sure but what the heck).
I’ve noticed that in this sort of thing seems to happen in cycles.
A company is in the growth phase (new product, new profits) and invests heavily in domestic resources….When things start to saturate and/or go into maintenance mode (with not much new growth), they start playing the bean counting game…
I think Walmart’s eCommerce is probably in the growth stage, so they don’t mind paying top dollar right now….I don’t know if that will be the case say 5-6 years down the road…I think a company like Intuit has reached that peak, which is why you see them trying to move more and more things offshore, though cost-wise, I’m not really sure they are saving *that* much. Turnover is a pretty big problem overseas right now.
