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reason for so much - outsourcing...
Posted: Oct 03, 2012
I have read countless articles today that state that the reason that so much MT work is being outsourced is b/c there are lack of MTs on the US side working in the industry. I love when the uneducated write these articles. They are totally missing the entire reason work is outsourced, MONEY. There would be plenty US based MTs to do the work provided we were paid what we are worth. The reason the work even went over to India and other countries is b/c it is cheaper for them to do the work than for them to pay the US MTs to do the work. Perhaps if we were treated fairly, paid fairly, given benefits worth something to sneeze at, raises, etc, etc there would be more people wiling to work in the industry. Too bad that is not the case and instead the reason the people of this country is given as to why their personal information is sent over to another country is not b/c it is cheaper, but no b/c there are not enough US workers. Ugh.
No shortage except a shortage of MTs willing to work - for pennies. nm
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Can you post where you found the articles? - NM
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here is one link - trying to find the rest I was reading yesterday
[ In Reply To ..]This is from our "own" organization. Sad. The second question down states why they are outsourcing and are siting lack of qualified workers in the US to do the work. I wonder, there are lack of qualified MTs in the US to do the work, how qualified are those in India doing the work that we are then correcting.
http://www.ahdionline.org/Portals/0/downloads/OffshoreFAQ.pdf
As I read this, I felt it did state accurately - the reasons for outsourcing.
[ In Reply To ..]It accurately addressed the cost issues, IMO. What I found to be the real eye opener was the question regarding HIPAA regulations and confidentiality issues overseas and the answer that stated in many cases protection of information is taken even more seriously abroad than here. Now that caught my attention since one of our arguments has been that outsourcing jeopardizes confidentiality. Apparently not the case according to this article.
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