What are the Pros and Cons of outsourcing work to overseas workers?

What are the Pros and Cons of outsourcing work to overseas workers?

So, technology is advancing, your business has less money to spend. You need to deliver the work to your clients quicker and offer more solutions. Your clients expect you to be available more of the time to answer their questions.

How can you be even more responsive?
Can you harness the support of overseas workers?

Pros:
Enables businesses to access a wider talent pool of staff
Encourages innovation as more diverse skills seek out the best way of completing tasks
Competitive advantage in terms of speed over your competitors
Significant cost savings as overseas workers only charge for the work they do
Better at managing workloads and availability for 24:7 service delivery
Able to scale your business much faster

Cons:
Can be challenging to train over online resources as reliant on technology
Must control the quality of the work carried out
Loss of control over the output of work
Time zones and language barriers
Lack of trust from existing team as negative perception of sending work overseas

If you’re not sure if this would be better for your business contact Foreshore HR for a complimentary 30 minute call just email sam@foreshorehr.com or call 023 9298 2685.