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Comment on The Jag “Dish”: When Long Offshoring Hours Are a Drag by MeltingSpot » Show Some Hustle! “Slow and Steady” Won’t Win You the Corporate Race

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:36:13 +0000

[...] Take Brian, an IT support manager for an Austin, TX networking services company. Brian claims an employee overseas in India may have cost his company a multi-million dollar sales deal by being too slow to communicate with the home office about a website outage. The employee brought down an internal website for routine maintenance, but failed to warn his teammates overseas who were planning to demo the site for a client in “their” morning. All the employee needed to do from his home base in India was flip the switch, but he couldn’t be reached for days - partly due to the time difference with the U.S., and partly due to his failure to respond promptly to urgent calls and emails from the home front. “The impact of the small delay on the team here in the U.S. was magnified by the time difference with India,” says Brian. (see: MeltingSpot: The Jag “Dish”: When Long Offshoring Hours are a Drag) [...]

Comment on Offshorers - How To Keep U.S. Clients Happy by MeltingSpot » Show Some Hustle! “Slow and Steady” Won’t Win You the Corporate Race

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:35:10 +0000

[...] Offshore workers may be particularly vulnerable to the corporate chopping block in these hard economic times. They have to work harder to prove their hustle on a daily basis, since managers are not around to see it. They also carry an extra burden when it comes to quick turnaround, because of the time difference between the U.S. and India. (see: MeltingSpot: Offshorers - How to Keep U.S. Clients Happy) [...]

Comment on The Jag “Dish”: Outsourcing Expert Jagdish Dalal Tackles Tough Questions from Our Readers by MeltingSpot » Jag “Dish”: Is Offshoring Really a Bargain? Where Have All the Savings Gone?

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:48:02 +0000

[...] with doing business in the U.S., how will I benefit from offshoring? Focus your efforts there (see: MeltingSpot: The Jag “Dish” August issue). And pay careful attention to where your costs are increasing. In all likelihood, this is [...]

Comment on Manager Champions Change, By Playing Within the Rules by MeltingSpot » Helpful Phrases

MeltingSpot » Helpful Phrases — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:49:24 +0000

[...] “Beef Up” Informal. To make or become greater or stronger (See: MeltingSpot: Manager Champions Change) [...]

Comment on Helpful Phrases by MeltingSpot » Manager Champions Change, By Playing Within the Rules

MeltingSpot » Manager Champions Change, By Playing Within the Rules — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:45:41 +0000

[...] all, we MeltingSpot editors believe wholeheartedly in teaching western ways. Why else would we carry on about the [...]

Comment on Helpful Phrases by MeltingSpot » Chai Breaks the Ice

MeltingSpot » Chai Breaks the Ice — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:04:07 +0000

[...] a way to break the ice with your office coworkers: join them for their morning coffee [...]

Comment on He Dropped His Dinner In the Boss’s Lap - But that Wasn’t the Bad Part by MeltingSpot » Helpful Phrases

MeltingSpot » Helpful Phrases — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:53:05 +0000

[...] “Cause a Stir” To cause unusual interest or excitement (see: MeltingSpot: He Dropped His Dinner in the Bosses Lap - But That Wasn’t the Bad Part) [...]

Comment on The Jag “Dish”: Outsourcing Expert Jagdish Dalal Tackles Tough Questions from Our Readers by MeltingSpot » Helpful Phrases

MeltingSpot » Helpful Phrases — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:46:47 +0000

[...] “The Dish” Informal. Insider information that is not generally known or available (see: MeltingSpot: The Jag “Dish”: Outsourcing Expert Tackles Tough Questions from Our Readers) [...]

Comment on The Jag “Dish”: Outsourcing Expert Jagdish Dalal Tackles Tough Questions from Our Readers by MeltingSpot » The Jag “Dish”: When Long Offshoring Hours Are a Drag

MeltingSpot » The Jag “Dish”: When Long Offshoring Hours Are a Drag — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:53:26 +0000

[...] I referred in last month’s column to the 24×7 operation (read: The Jag “Dish” August issue), I was talking about three different locations that can cover the entire day and yet still have a [...]

Comment on Helpful Phrases by MeltingSpot » He Dropped His Dinner In the Boss’s Lap - But that Wasn’t the Bad Part

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:56:47 +0000

[...] inadvertently sent the steak – and the contents of his plate – flying. This caused quite a stir and soon, all 500 pairs of eyes at the party fixed upon [...]