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Hot spot for technology outsourcing: The United States

It's the first time we've been happy outsourcing: Chief executive of Bill.com

Hot spot for technology outsourcing: The United States
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Salaries have risen in places like South Asia, making outsourcing there less of a bargain. Photo: istock

Steve Lohr | NYT
For years, American companies have been saving money by “offshoring” jobs — hiring people in India and other distant cubicle farms. Today, some of those jobs are being outsourced again — in the United States.

Nexient, a software outsourcing company, reflects the evolving geography of technology work. It holds daily video meetings with one of its clients, Bill.com, where team members stand up and say into the camera what they accomplished yesterday for Bill.com, and what they plan to do tomorrow. The difference is, they are phoning in from Michigan, not Mumbai.

“It’s the first time we’ve been happy outsourcing,”

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