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Subject:Re: More on Technical Writing in India From:eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 7 Nov 2003 12:23:23 -0500
"tom -dot- green -at- iwon -dot- com" <tom -dot- green -at- iwon -dot- com> wrote on 11/07/2003 10:22:40 AM:
> The "difference" is jobs. How many Tech Writers do you
> know that are looking for work where you are be it
> America, Canada or elsewhere? The fact is, the companies
> are following the bottom dollar and going for the cheap
> labor wherever they can get it. Good writers are having to
> work for whatever they can get or re-sell themselves to
> prove their worth.
Sorry, I just don't understand your post. If I accepted an offer to move to
Vancouver for a year to set-up a techwriting shop that was being moved from here
in Montreal, the effect on the local market is identical to if the assignment
was to set up the shop in Bangalore. The only real difference is it would be
easier for any Montreal techwriters to relocate and adapt to Vancouver than it
would for them to relocate and adapt to life in Bangalore.
But when we look at the history of various industries relocating to different
parts of the country, have the staff relocated with the company? If as a rule
they don't, it doesn't really matter where in the world the company moves to.
Whether a company sets up in New York, Montreal, Boston, Dublin, Dallas,
Vancouver, Bangalore, large city or small 'burb bottom dollar always figures
into the decision and is part of the business case. There's nothing wrong with
that principle. If you have the right to shop for the cheapest mechanic, why
can't companies shop for the cheapest techwriter?
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