Here’s a gleeful posting we found via LinkedIn on Last Century Fox’s Small Business Center site:
For Robert Gray, the owner of Matters in Motion in Cabot, Ark., finding people to help with graphic art design work, Web design and software development was a frustrating process.
After bad experiences with local hires, he turned to the Internet for help and hired a person in the Philippines.
“He did a fantastic job, he did exactly what I wanted and did it very quickly,” said Gray.
Gray was so happy with the job he ended up paying double the $8 an hour rate the contractor charged and hired him for additional work. Since then, Gray has hired software developers in India.
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I'm not sure which is scarier - the minimum wage or someone having access to my computer and taking random screenshots so they can harangue me on iChat while I work.
Posted by: Pierre Pressure | Tuesday, October 05, 2010 at 09:00 AM
Who cares? Once we finish building that border wall between us and Mexico there will be a shitload of farm worker and busboy jobs opening up here!
Posted by: Bill O'Rielly | Tuesday, October 05, 2010 at 09:12 AM
http://www.mattersinmotion.com
...$16/hr was actually about right for this.
Posted by: Cappy | Tuesday, October 05, 2010 at 10:00 AM
matters in motion: "where quality is compromised"
Posted by: carlo | Tuesday, October 05, 2010 at 06:20 PM
I prefer using contacts in North Korea, they work for tree bark and never talk back.
Posted by: BitterLemon® | Wednesday, October 06, 2010 at 09:30 AM
India labor is the new China labor.
Posted by: SayWhat?! | Wednesday, October 06, 2010 at 03:19 PM
Vietnam is the new India labor.
Posted by: Duck Phillips | Thursday, October 07, 2010 at 10:50 AM