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Originally Posted by ramonajim
Biggest problem in your equation Bob is that labor cost often isn't the killer. The engineers I'm hiring in Shenzhen (and Guadalajara) really aren't that much cheaper than their US counterparts, and direct labor cost makes up a tiny fraction of the high tech products we build.
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Maybe in engineering? IDK. We have found. in say labor stuff like bagging animal feed, it is automated here and have a few people but it is cheaper to send it to China in a bulk container and have several guys scoop it out, weigh it, bring it to the sewing machine, label it, etc, etc. Then there is the fact that you can get away with a lot more over there. Just curious about the engineer. Are you talking base wages only or total compensation package?