can't find any lazy americans to take 9.25/hr jobs!
The political split in the US over outsourcing notwithstanding, till very recently the fund-raising and vote-seeking campaign for the Republican Party was done partly out of India. And this was handled by two call centres located in our own friendly neighbourhood in Noida and Gurgaon.
For 14 months between May 16, 2002 and July 22, 2003, HCL BPO Services ? the 100 per cent-owned subsidiary of Shiv Nadar-promoted HCL Technologies ? had some 125 agents working in seven teams soliciting financial contributions for the Republican Party. US presidential elections are slated for November 2004.
The contract for running the campaigns was originally awarded by RNC to Washington-based Capital Communications Group that provides consulting services to government and private clients for cultural and political networking. For cost and efficiencies gains, the company outsourced the work to HCL Technologies that in turn sent it offshore.
When contacted by Hindustan Times, sources close to the deal within HCL BPO Services said, ?We work under a non-disclosure clause with most of our clients (barring British Telecom) and hence would not be in a position to comment on any such deal.?
According to the deal details, at any point in time, 75 agents worked on a $9.25 per hour per person billing rate, and contacted at least 20,000 voters through an automatic dialer. Sources confirmed that on a conservative estimate at least 80 lakh registered republican voters have been contacted.
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I don't know what a lakh but I am assuming it's Hindu for thousand?
The article estimated that the RNC raised about 10 million dollars through it's fundraise outsourcing ... It is of course the American way, I am glad to see the Republicans be so honest about it. :roll:
The political split in the US over outsourcing notwithstanding, till very recently the fund-raising and vote-seeking campaign for the Republican Party was done partly out of India. And this was handled by two call centres located in our own friendly neighbourhood in Noida and Gurgaon.
For 14 months between May 16, 2002 and July 22, 2003, HCL BPO Services ? the 100 per cent-owned subsidiary of Shiv Nadar-promoted HCL Technologies ? had some 125 agents working in seven teams soliciting financial contributions for the Republican Party. US presidential elections are slated for November 2004.
The contract for running the campaigns was originally awarded by RNC to Washington-based Capital Communications Group that provides consulting services to government and private clients for cultural and political networking. For cost and efficiencies gains, the company outsourced the work to HCL Technologies that in turn sent it offshore.
When contacted by Hindustan Times, sources close to the deal within HCL BPO Services said, ?We work under a non-disclosure clause with most of our clients (barring British Telecom) and hence would not be in a position to comment on any such deal.?
According to the deal details, at any point in time, 75 agents worked on a $9.25 per hour per person billing rate, and contacted at least 20,000 voters through an automatic dialer. Sources confirmed that on a conservative estimate at least 80 lakh registered republican voters have been contacted.
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I don't know what a lakh but I am assuming it's Hindu for thousand?
The article estimated that the RNC raised about 10 million dollars through it's fundraise outsourcing ... It is of course the American way, I am glad to see the Republicans be so honest about it. :roll:
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