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Services-based reseller SCC has complained a dearth of skilled techies that come at competitive rates in Europe has forced it to look east: a service delivery centre is set to open in Vietnam. Talking to El Chan, SCC chief exec James Rigby said it already has up to 1,000 workers based at a delivery centre in Romania, but “ …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    "they are very expensive"

    It looks to me executives are also very expensive in Europe. Why don't they look for some cheap ones in Vietnam too? I guess they can find them also.

    Yes, European developers can't work for a bowl of rice, sorry. We all like a decent life, as much as executives do, and, unlike them, we can demonstrate our skills work.

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  2. Cem Ayin
    Joke

    "SCC"? You mean as in...

    ...Sirius Cybernetics Corporation?

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  3. Buzzword

    Good news!

    This obviously means that all the techies in the Midlands are already gainfully employed on excellent terms, hence why they didn't apply for jobs at SCC.

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  4. TonyJ

    "...a dearth of skilled techies that come at competitive lower-than-market rates..."

    FTFY, SCC.

    Greedy, bottom-line-obsessed fuckwits.

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    1. Mark 85
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      Greedy, bottom-line-obsessed fuckwits.

      Can you name one company that isn't this? I can't. I daresay most corporate directors would sell their mothers if improved the bottom line.

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  5. marsmission

    I guess as Romania develops, SCC's approach to HR and people can no longer keep pace with the advances hence the switch to Vietnam

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