In the United States, layoff announcements have constantly been in the news since the economic climate turned sour. Most of the time, layoffs result in a lot of sadness. In the country of Argentina, police are dealing with the ugly side of layoffs.
At a Kraft plant, former employees who had been laid off have been holding the plant hostage. Last month, Kraft announced layoffs that affected about 150 Argentine workers in the plant. Since then, many workers have refused to leave and they have also taken over a major freeway in the area.
Recently, Argentine police have fought back using rubber …read more

No sooner did I ask about the next low cost country (LCC), than I stumbled onto the Gartner Group’s research on Outsourcing, which includes a list of the top 30 countries for offshore services.
Gartner publishes a lot of interesting business research, mostly on topics revolving around IT. Take any IT business topic which I have looked for information on in the past 5 years and Gartner has published a white paper on it. Content management, customer relationship management, SAP, enterprise software, you name it, Gartner covers it.  My only problem is, they also charge for it. I only hear about …read more