The people skills of the workers in some of these places is severely lacking. I work for a global IT company with a major centre in Bangalore and my God is it tough dealing with so many of the people there. They just have no idea how to communicate via e-mail, that questions require answers etc. It is much the same for China too. I cannot imagine how any business gets done in our company when someone in India has to deal with someone in China. Language problems aside, it's gotta be like that Russell Peters joke. Over the past year we've also established a main hub in the Philippines too, and they are quite good to deal with. But dealing with India, China, and to a lesser extent Romania is a frickin nightmare.
In short, I think companies will recognise the value in keeping a lot IT jobs that require interpersonal communication in the places where they currently are.
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