OUTSOURCING
EMPLOYEES
Introduction
Outsourcing is a
procedure of hiring employees from a third party for a significant period of
time. Organizations try to do this mainly to reduce costs or improve
efficiency. Sometimes, internal staff could not have the special ability and
knowledge to reach the goal of the company. To fill the gap, companies outsourcing
employees and try to archive the goals.
Advantages
of outsourcing
*can focus skills, expert persons –
companies can reach the top level of working. It will improve the performance of
the company.
*Access
to the larger talent pool- Organizations can select the most suitable and qualified
person to the right position to archive their goals.
*Reduce
the cost – doing outsourcing company can reduce the cost of recruitment, training
and onboarding cost. Outsource services that do not need to engage full time or
within the whole year.
*Focusing
on core activities- Outsourcing gives company management the ability to clear their
mind from the non-core activities and work towards the core ones.
*
Increased efficiency- Outsource employees mainly focus only on the task.
This may be influenced by the increased efficiency of the company.
Disadvantages
of outsourcing
*
Risk
of exposing internal data – Outsourcing employees can get internal data of the
organization and they can give the details to the outside. A confidential situation can be collapse.
*
Hidden
cost – Employee supplying agent include some hidden cost to the agreement.
*
Lack
of customer focus – sometimes outsource vendor is engaging in many organizations
and the vendor can’t give a good solution at the needed time.
*
Lack
of Knowledge of the company culture – Outsourcing people could not have knowledge
about the organization and the culture. Behaviours of them are not matched with the internal staff and can be influenced to get conflict within the group.
Global
context about outsourcing
Google
is a strong implementer of outsourced work to take care of the many projects
they continuously deploy and work on. It has been taking advantage of
outsourced staff for years. Especially in IT specialists, Software developers
and virtual assistant company outsource the employees.
Outsourcing
employees in the banking sector in Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka, most banks doing outsourcing their businesses around Cash management systems, IT
tools, Software developing systems, ATM machines security service and cleaning services.
The main purpose of doing this is, reduce the cost and increase the efficiency
of work.
Conclusion
Outsourcing
can bring many benefits to the organization. But there are significant risks and challenges when
negotiating and managing outsourcing relationships. Organizations must be
talented to mitigate the risks and get benefits from outsourcing and archive their
goals.
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Outsourcing workers mainly occurs when the adequate workers are not available to do the jobs. Sri Lanka plantation sector is facing major issues due to lack of workers. Therefore they hire workers from third parties. But those workers output is very low and the demands very high salary. This situation is not favorable plantation performance.
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