Comments on: Amazon opens second development unit in India

Net retail giant plans to begin hiring for its fourth software development center abroad, in Chennai, on Nov. 14.

That's Great!

We don't need H1-Bs here!

Add another company to my list

Of places I will never do business with again.

If you want my busniess then you better supply me with customer service, and technology provided, and produced by workers who at least have a rudimentary capablity of understanding my language.

This list is starting to get long, but there is no other way to get these bottom line hungry companies to get the point unless you just stop buying their products and services.

Foreign Outsourcing = Bad

Its as simple as that.

[nonicks]

it's okay pal

out sourcing atleast helped the country coming out of recession. Never forget that.

Enjoy the new trend.

You make a valid point, but read the article...

The Amazon center in India is of engineers, not customer service
reps. You have a valid complaint in terms of the outsourcing
issue, but realize that in this case at least we are talking about
software development, not anyone who you will deal with when
trying to contact the company.

As for the rest of it. Amazon needs excellent programmers and
engineers. Not good, not decent, but excellent. If they feel they
need another center with (likely) many, many workers, and they
feel that there aren't enough truly exellent programmers floating
around jobless in the States, then why shouldn't they look for
other resources? We are living in a world that is growing more
and more integrated. What is wrong, in an integrated world, with
giving preference for a job to the person best qualified for that
job, regardless of the language they speak? (Ignoring the fact
that a huge portion of the world speaks english, and likely many
of the amazon employees speak enough english to communicate
with their stateside counterparts).

Then again, perhaps I shouldn't eat at chinese (and other ethnic)
restaurants, because the kitchen staff might not speak english.

[nonicks]

Whhhooops .. Another Crying face

Need I say more.

[GlobalJenius]

Gavin cries sour grapes!

Gavin -

Read the story again. I guess you slept through the session on CAPITALISM when you were in school.

Why is it that Walmart MUST be allowed into India while US Cos should NOT go to India. Double standards eh?

Welcome to the world of free markets :)

[slickrc]

India

I got 1 question. What's going to Happen to America High Tech Jobs and with our National Defense on the attack should we be shuffling our technology to other countries that just might turn their back on America. Come on we all know we pick up new friends if we hit the lottery...then what when U down....THEY GONE!...