{"id":3843,"date":"2012-01-17T07:10:57","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T07:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/blog\/blog\/\/en\/?p=3843"},"modified":"2019-09-23T10:52:22","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T10:52:22","slug":"what-are-the-americans-doing-that-we-europeans-are-not-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/blog\/what-are-the-americans-doing-that-we-europeans-are-not-doing\/","title":{"rendered":"<!--:en-->What are the Americans doing that we Europeans are not doing?<!--:--><!--:nl-->Wat doen de Amerikanen dat wij Europeanen niet doen?<!--:--><!--:sv-->Vad g\u00f6r amerikanerna som europ\u00e9erna inte g\u00f6r?<!--:--><!--:de-->Was die Amerikaner den Europ\u00e4ern voraushaben<!--:-->"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:en--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"float-left alignleft wp-image-3987 size-thumbnail\" title=\"Bridge Global IT Staffing\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Bridge-Global-IT-Staffing-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\">I frequently speak to people in India that run BPO or software firms and I am always astonished by the numbers. People tell me that they started their software company 5 years back and employ 2000 people today. In Management Team, a famous Dutch magazine, I just read an article about Intelenet. This Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company, started 10 years back with 40 employees and today has 42,000 employees. The biggest part of the work that is moved to India comes from the US. So they are doing something different from us.<!--:--><!--:nl--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Bridge-Global-IT-Staffing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Bridge Global IT Staffing\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Bridge-Global-IT-Staffing-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ik spreek vaak mensen in India die BPO of software bedrijven runnen en ik ben altijd verbaasd door hoe veel mensen er werken. Mensen vertellen me dat ze hun bedrijf 5 jaar geleden gestart zijn en dat ze nu 2000 mensen in dienst hebben. In Management Team, een bekend Nederlands blad, las ik over Intelenet. Dit Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) bedrijf begon 10 jaar geleden met 40 werknemers en heeft er nu 42,000. Het meeste werk dat naar India verplaatst wordt komt uit de VS. Ze doen dingen dus anders dan wij.\u00a0<!--:--><!--:sv--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Bridge-Global-IT-Staffing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Bridge Global IT Staffing\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Bridge-Global-IT-Staffing-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jag talar regelbundet med folk i Indien som driver BPO eller mjukvaruf\u00f6retag och jag h\u00e4pnas alltid av siffrorna. Folk ber\u00e4ttar f\u00f6r mig att de startade sitt mjukvaruf\u00f6retag f\u00f6r 5 \u00e5r sedan och idag har de 2000 anst\u00e4llda. I Management Team, ett v\u00e4lk\u00e4nt holl\u00e4ndskt magasin, l\u00e4ste jag precis en artikel om Intelenet. Detta Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) f\u00f6retag grundades f\u00f6r 10 \u00e5r sedan med 40 anst\u00e4llda och har idag 42 000 anst\u00e4llda. Den st\u00f6rsta delen av det arbete som har flyttats till Indien kommer fr\u00e5n USA. S\u00e5 de g\u00f6r n\u00e5gonting annorlunda j\u00e4mf\u00f6rt med oss.<!--:--><!--:de--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Bridge-Global-IT-Staffing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Bridge Global IT Staffing\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Bridge-Global-IT-Staffing-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a>\u00a0In regelm\u00e4\u00dfigen Abst\u00e4nden spreche ich mit Personen, die BPO oder Softwarefirmen in Indien leiten und ich bin immer beeindruckt von den Zahlen, die mir offen gelegt werden. Diese Personen erz\u00e4hlen mir, dass sie ihr Unternehmen vor f\u00fcnf Jahren gegr\u00fcndet und mittlerweile 2.000 Angestellte besch\u00e4ftigen. Im bekannten holl\u00e4ndischen Magazin Management Team habe ich vor kurzen einen Artikel \u00fcber Intelnet gelesen. Intelnet ist im Bereich des Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) t\u00e4tig, hat vor 10 Jahren mit 40 <a href=\"http:\/\/bridge-india.in\/our-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Angestellten<\/a> angefangen und sich so gut entwickelt, dass Sie heute 42.000 Besch\u00e4ftigte haben. Der gr\u00f6\u00dfte Teil der Arbeit, die nach Indien verlagert wird, kommt aus den USA. Dieses l\u00e4sst mich ableiten, dass die USA etwas anders macht als wir Europ\u00e4er.<!--:--><!--more--><!--:en--><\/p>\n<p>The Indian companies can grow with such speed, because the people are available. Infosys has started 25 years back with 10 people and employs over 100.000 people today. Such stories wouldn&#8217;t be possible in Europe. But the work also needs to come in. Apparently, the US outsources much more than we Europeans. In the Netherlands, if we talk about a big <a href=\"http:\/\/bridge-outsourcing.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">software firm<\/a>, we are talking about 100 people. In the outsourcing industry, a big firm in Eastern Europe doesn&#8217;t employ much more than 1000 people. So what are the Americans doing different?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One obvious reason has to do with language. They can employ people in India to do a vast amount of work as they speak the same language.<\/li>\n<li>It may also have to do with the opportunist mindset of Americans? When they see a business opportunity, they take it. Are we Europeans too conservative?<\/li>\n<li>Does it have to do with money? I think that the salaries in Western Europe are at the same level or higher than in the US, so I can hardly imagine that there isn&#8217;t enough incentive for us.<\/li>\n<li>Availability of people? In the US, unemployment rates are towards 10%, while in many Northern European countries, they are around 5%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Hugo-Messer1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3866\" title=\"Hugo Messer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Hugo-Messer1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"26\" height=\"26\"><\/a><strong>Dear readers, it would be interesting to learn some perspectives of Americans and Europeans. What do you believe are the differences in our actions?<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/blog\/insights\/ebooks\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-28777 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Capture.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"692\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Capture.png 692w, https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Capture-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Capture-500x238.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I frequently speak to people in India that run BPO or software firms and I am always astonished by the numbers. People tell me that they started their software company 5 years back and employ 2000 people today. 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