Dell's Workforce Moves Abroad

[1CAV]

Dell's Workforce Moves Abroad

Scarlet Pruitt, IDG News Service
Round Rock, Texas-based Dell employs more people abroad than it does in the U.S, it disclosed in a regulatory filing this week.


As of January 30, the computer systems giant employed 23,800 employees outside of the U.S. and 22,200 domestically, it says in a filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (news - web sites) this week.



The disclosure underscores an increasing trend among IT companies to locate jobs overseas, where labor costs are cheaper. Dell recently established customer and technical support centers in India, China, Morocco, Panama, and Slovakia and has set up design centers in Taiwan and China. Furthermore, it not only has manufacturing facilities in Texas and Tennessee, but also in Brazil, Ireland, Malaysia, and China.

Difference of Opinion



Although Dell has come under fire along with other companies by critics who say that so-called offshoring is robbing U.S. citizens of jobs, the company's newly-anointed chief executive officer has said that Dell will continue to engage in the practice.



Kevin Rollins, the company's current chief operating officer who is due to take the CEO position in coming months, recently said that the issue of offshoring was "overblown."



Dell has said that it will continue to employ people overseas, where it sees market growth.



The company derived 36 percent of its revenue from international sales for its fiscal year 2004, it says in the SEC filing. Furthermore, it says that its future growth is dependent on its success in international markets.



A representative for Dell in the U.K. could not immediately comment on the types of jobs the company offers outside of the U.S. or on how many of them were moved abroad from the domestic market.

[1CAV]

Hmmm...36% of their revenue are from overseas sales...Yet over 50% of their workforce is overseas, and this number is going to go up more and more...Let's here you neo-cons and Bush loyalists explain how this is good for the country to have more and more corporations doing this?

[Woodmonkey]

Originally Posted by 1CAV

Hmmm...36% of their revenue are from overseas sales...Yet over 50% of their workforce is overseas, and this number is going to go up more and more...Let's here you neo-cons and Bush loyalists explain how this is good for the country to have more and more corporations doing this?

I don't know if I qualify as a neo-con, but I am a Bush supporter. I don't see this as good for our country though and wonder why it flourished under the eight years Clinton was President either. Both parties are guilty here and I think we need to realize that so we can move forward and get this turned around.