Mphasis is just like the other global IT outsourcing firms (e.g. Wipro, Infosys, HCL, Tata, etc). For those 500-100 "local" jobs, they'll hire some local business development and admin/clerical roles with a few technical SMEs and project managers sprinkled in for optics, but the remaining "local" staff will be individuals on whatever the Canadian equivalent to the HB1 visa is.
Then there's the real issue of them undercutting local shops by outsourcing the grunt work to India. I used to see this all the time on bids where each of the firms mentioned above submit proposals at half the hourly rate of North American-based or local IT professional services firms. Then when it comes to execution, they'll end up taking 50% longer than a local firm at 80% of the cost of a local firm.
Competition is good and there is a little bit of benefit to Calgary, but I don't think this is great news given that it's not going to stimulate the economy as much as people think it will. It just continues to reduce the number of locals getting projects and lowers local rates.
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