This should get some attention
Outsourcing slow to catch on in Canada
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Good luck with that.
We had a horrible experience with outsourcing some web development to India; late work (by months), poor communication, shoddy code – I have a looong list of issues with the work we outsourced. Two of us ended up staying up overnights for five months on Messenger with the developers before we pulled the plug on outsourced development. Other firms we’ve talked to have had similar experiences with outsourcing. The *only* good thing about it was we were paying $0.20 on the dollar.
Be very careful about doing this – the headaches (for us at least) far outweighed the cost savings.
Gee, Rob. I hope you have better luck with outsourcing than Sympatico.
Mark, I think if that were to happen to me I would spontaneously combust. Yikes.
Rob, is outsourcing legal work even permitted under the Rules? Can someone not licensed in Ontario essentially practice law in Ontario by drafting commercial agreements?
The outsourcer isn’t working for the client, Michael, it’s working for the lawyer. Subject to client disclosure and consent and appropriate management, regulators are approving outsourcing. The LSUC has. The NY Bar has a written opinion on it.
Interesting, and thanks for the update. I had not realized that LSUC had approved outsourcing.
Stephen Taran at Taran Virtual Associates can provide details (of outsourcing, not of offshoring – but if client consents, there is no difference).
Here is an update that might interest you.