dinsdag 13 november 2007

CapGemini transfers boring work to Poland

Before we focus on the current news, let's take a look at the past.

Not so long time ago, I have read here
an interview with Henk Vermaas, director of CapGemini in Holland. Since the article is in the magazine devoted to jobs, Mr. Vermaas explains why his company is so nice to work for. What struck me was the sentence:

"...we hebben ook werk dat in Nederland als saai werd ervaren, naar onze vestiging in Polen uitbesteed. Wat je dan overhoudt, is gewoon leuker werk."

[... work considered boring here in Holland has been transfered to our Polish branch. This way we can simply keep interesting work here.]

Wow, that is an interesting approach . So in order to compete with Google, Motorola and other local big software companies for good employees on Polish market , CapGemini transfers the boring work there. And then even openly admits it.

It is very creative approach indeed. Google, for instance, opened its R&D in Cracow because Polish students are very consistent in scoring top places in the most important programming competitions and mathematical contests, like its own Top Coder But it seems that CapGemini have not noticed, and its picture of Polish market have not been updated since 1981.

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