Have you used an outsourcing company??

spazlabz · 2005-04-08, 07:54 AM

well, my experiences with outsourcing companies is mixed. The workers I have had in the past were good, hard working people. But the management of the companies left something to be desired, and I know on more then one occasion the workers would be working for more then one clients stuff at a time. The solution I have is that I hired one guy that I knew and trusted and he has brought more, equally reliable people to us. So now we have a whole crew that works only for us and at a much lower cost then what we would be paying an outsourcing company and the worker gets a much better 'salary' then they would working for a company.
It's true you have to help with some of them on grammar and I have grown to hate the word 'URGE' heh heh but once you get them used to how you want stuff done it is a mutually beneficial arrangement and all parties involved are happy. About the text though..... I tend to want to write as much of the text as possible just because i think i am better at it then they are. having a complete tour designed that looks a lot better then i could do is worth an hour of going through the text and re-writing it for them to copy/paste in

Useless · 2005-04-08, 09:09 AM

Oddly enough, I worked very, very briefly for an outsourcing company, but they didn't refer to themselves as an outsourcing company, which is actually a pretty smart marketing decision. All I had to do was pick content and create thumbs for the gallery templates that some graphic designer built. I spent much of my time fixing the gallery code so that the thumbs linked to the full size pics. After a few weeks I realized how deeply the owner had his head in his ass and I gave up. It was the only time I've felt sorry for a sponsor. They had know idea how sloppily things were being handled.

I'm a very cheap person, so I can tell you this: cheap and quality are like Michael Jackson and any woman. They are very rarely seen together.

Special "Ed" · 2005-04-15, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by SexyCityJim

well, my experiences with outsourcing companies is mixed. The workers I have had in the past were good, hard working people. But the management of the companies left something to be desired, and I know on more then one occasion the workers would be working for more then one clients stuff at a time. The solution I have is that I hired one guy that I knew and trusted and he has brought more, equally reliable people to us. So now we have a whole crew that works only for us and at a much lower cost then what we would be paying an outsourcing company and the worker gets a much better 'salary' then they would working for a company.
It's true you have to help with some of them on grammar and I have grown to hate the word 'URGE' heh heh but once you get them used to how you want stuff done it is a mutually beneficial arrangement and all parties involved are happy. About the text though..... I tend to want to write as much of the text as possible just because i think i am better at it then they are. having a complete tour designed that looks a lot better then i could do is worth an hour of going through the text and re-writing it for them to copy/paste in

I couldn't agree more.

2005-04-08, 07:54 AM	#1
spazlabz You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Bluegrass State Posts: 963	well, my experiences with outsourcing companies is mixed. The workers I have had in the past were good, hard working people. But the management of the companies left something to be desired, and I know on more then one occasion the workers would be working for more then one clients stuff at a time. The solution I have is that I hired one guy that I knew and trusted and he has brought more, equally reliable people to us. So now we have a whole crew that works only for us and at a much lower cost then what we would be paying an outsourcing company and the worker gets a much better 'salary' then they would working for a company. It's true you have to help with some of them on grammar and I have grown to hate the word 'URGE' heh heh but once you get them used to how you want stuff done it is a mutually beneficial arrangement and all parties involved are happy. About the text though..... I tend to want to write as much of the text as possible just because i think i am better at it then they are. having a complete tour designed that looks a lot better then i could do is worth an hour of going through the text and re-writing it for them to copy/paste in __________________

2005-04-08, 09:09 AM	#2
Useless Certified Nice Person Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Dirty Undies, NY Posts: 11,268	Oddly enough, I worked very, very briefly for an outsourcing company, but they didn't refer to themselves as an outsourcing company, which is actually a pretty smart marketing decision. All I had to do was pick content and create thumbs for the gallery templates that some graphic designer built. I spent much of my time fixing the gallery code so that the thumbs linked to the full size pics. After a few weeks I realized how deeply the owner had his head in his ass and I gave up. It was the only time I've felt sorry for a sponsor. They had know idea how sloppily things were being handled. I'm a very cheap person, so I can tell you this: cheap and quality are like Michael Jackson and any woman. They are very rarely seen together. __________________ Click here to purchase a bridge I'm selling.