Good Outsourcing, Bad Outsourcing

I’m a big advocate for outsourcing. In fact, I think small businesses should outsource just about every non-core business function. However, I am NOT an advocate for outsourcing American jobs to foreign countries. Yes, I do understand we operate in a global economy and many corporations must make difficult choices to compete in the global arena. However I believe American business owners should consider offshore outsourcing a last resort!

There are many outsourcing opportunities right here in our own back yard. Of course we do have those pesky human rights organizations and that bureaucratic red-tape to deal with, but isn’t that to ensure business is done humanely and with integrity? Call me an idealist, but if you’re willing to do business without a conscience just to increase your bottom line then I’m not interested in your product or service.

Here’s a (SHORT) list of major corporations who either directly or through subsidiaries outsource some part of their business to foreign countries. I’m not calling for a boycott but I am requesting you to please write letters, send emails or call these companies to encourage them to bring American jobs home.

	COMPANY		OUTSOURCING LOCATION
	Allstate Insurance		Chennai
	Amazon		Bangalore, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, Pune & Manila
	American Family Insurance		Chennai
	AOL		Bangalore
	American Express		Mumbai
	AT&T		Chennai
	Bank Of America		Hyderabad, Mumbai and Chennai
	BB&T		Chennai, Bangalore, and Pune
	Best Buy		Mumbai
	Caterpillar		Bangalore
	Citibank		Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai
	CNBC		India
	CNN		Pormona
	Compaq		Chennai and Hyderabad
	Countrywide		Mumbai.
	DELL		Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai and Hyderabad
	D-Link		Mumbai
	Dish-Network		Ahmedabad
	Dun & Bradstreet		Chennai
	Ebay		Delhi
	Fidelity Investments		Gurgaon
	Ford		Chennai
	GE Capital Service		Bangalore, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, and Kolkota
	Hewlett Packard		Bangalore and Chennai
	Honeywell		Bangalore
	IBM		Bangalore
	Intuit		Bangalore, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, Pune & Manila
	JP Morgan		Mumbai
	John Deere		Chennai, Bangalore, and Pune
	Lexis Nexis		Chennai
	Microsoft		Pune
	Morgan Stanley		Mumbai
	Nationwide Insurance		Chennai
	Nextel		Trivandrum
	Oracle		Bangalore
	Palm		Chennai and Hyderabad
	PayPal		Bangalore, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, Pune & Manila
	Pfizer		Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Mumbai, and Delhi
	Phillips		Bangalore
	Progressive Insurance		Chennai
	Sprint		Chennai, Delhi, and New Delhi
	Sun Microsystems		Pune
	T-Mobile		New Delhi, Mumbai, and Pune
	Texas Instruments		Bangalore
	The History Channel		India
	Yahoo		Bangalore

For a more comprehensive listing Click HERE.