This morning we went to Oracle and we had a Mr. Charlie Lee. It was interesting to learn how Oracle was conducting business in China. Mr. Lee manages the Oracle Consulting business for Central China. The focus of Oracle in China is application development. Mr. Lee is Taiwanese and leading a bunch of Chinese consultants in China. It reminded me of reading the World is Flat again as Friedman mentioned how the world was changing and many Asian countries that have a long and sometimes very antagonistic relationships now work very closely together and have been really forced to put aside differences and cultural animosity for the sake of business.
Oracle in China has somewhat of a turnover problem as they still have competitive salaries but the students that are recruited by Oracle eventually leave because they are very smart and speak good English. They recruit from some of the top universities in the country so they get some very smart people. It's only natural that some of the clients that hire Oracle eventually want to hire their own guys to do the work. A similar problem for IT companies in the US.
No comments:
Post a Comment