I am trying to determine the Warning Signs/Red Flags that indicate our department will be offshored/outsourced overseas.
When you replay the tapes what subtle warning signs did you notice and ignore?
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One warning sign, after seeing several over the years, recently mobility has been outsourcing their switched network. That right there alone freaked out so many folks involved as the news wasn't shared well and the project required a PM where it eventually finished fine. However, everyone was scratching their heads wondering what the end state is. Offload all of the network. Figure that one out, NSD, NTN, CRT will get nuked.
One other really annoying sign was all the automation cr@p. Super cringy ideas from people trying to push mech on its employees who would still need to manually perform the work, regardless of what the mech process did. Most of the mech tools are broken and nobody to fix them.
When you go to sell your car or home you clean it up. That's what they're doing. "The writing on the wall" more like a cargo train with graffiti that drives by your office window each day reminding you to leave. Leave now.
Ask yourself if your job can be done offshore. As hard as it might be to answer you know the truth. If they can move to offshore they will.
Check openings on HR Onestop … and do it frequently… as you will see the oversea job postings. If you see your current title, or one similar, then your job is headed overseas.
Sometimes the job requisitions are only posted for a day and then disappear. Hence the reason you need to check them frequently.
When your organization stops taking new work. Then your work will be slowly transitioned to the center. Takes about 3 years
Usually it comes when you don't expect it so be ready all the time with your backup plan LOL
When they start tracking your daily/hourly activity. “ We would like you to track your daily activity down to 15 minute increments including lunch etc. “ by then it is too late and the decision has already been made.
When your work magically slows down or you are told a portion of your work is being done overseas or is automated. They always make it sound like it is a good thing to send tedious tasks overseas. Then, you don’t have backfill value work. So they pare down your department bit by bit until there are 2 or 3 of you left. Then you’re next while they automate it behind your back.
When people start saying Raj and Buntu will be listening in on your calls, your days are numbered.
Red flag = You work for ATT.
Our unit had 22 people, 18 of them gone, and 3 of us were rebadged.
Our work offload to the Indian contractor Accenture
Warning sign #1 your job will be outsourced? You work for AT&T.
when indians show up on your calls and start asking for system access and job process questions.
Just like anything else follow the $$ trail.
red flag is f you sit in front of a computer or laptop your job can be outsourced
Hard to tell, but a lot of times offshoring looks great on paper but won't work. Group got new contractors/employees. Had to push back that due to some government regulations and contracts, offshore employees are not allowed to perform some functions/access certain things due to being offshore. "Oh--good point." But it looked good in theory/on paper. Head slap.
If you're asked to 'document in detail your daily job functions', GET OUT ASAP.
Either your job is going away, or you are. Either way, get your resume ready.
You are in a department or org within T.
Warning signs? You must be new.. lol..