Numb3rs: Headcount of US based global firms
SOURCE: Poughkeepsie Journal
DATE: March 29th, 2010
IBM which has recently stopped disclosing the breakup of their headcount across the globe has raised a lot of flags amongst folks seeing that as an accelerated trend to move work offshore.
Here are some headcounts of some “US” firms. Not all of them give a breakup of their locations but some do. Compare that with the Indian firm headcounts which are primarily centered in India (Offshore Vendors headcount 2009)
1. IBM – 25% of their workforce in the US . Total workforce 400,000. In the 90s the ratio was about 50-50
2. Capgemini – Global headcount 91,621. Their headcount in India is expected to be around 35,000 by 2010 (Capgemini headcount to grow to 35000 )
3. HP – 304, 000 global workforce ( end of Oct 2009)
5. Microsoft – 93, 000 global workforce a/o June 2009. 56,000 in the US and 37,000 international
6. Cisco – 65,550 a/o July 2009. 28, 500 outside the US.
7. GE – 134,000 in the US and 154,000 outside the US in 2010
8. Apple – 34,300 global
9. Texas Instrument – 26,584
10. CSC – 92,000
11. Accenture – 176,000
Compared to what the ratios were a decade ago, the workforce has become more global. Shifting jobs is the new necessity for global companies and not all is related to labor arbitrage. To look at how the job shifting has happened it is important to also look at the revenue these firms now get globally. A number of these firms continue to also increase their revenue share from outside the US and see higher growth rates in those economies. So they need local presence and do need global delivery capabilities as their clients the fortune 500 firms also require global footprint for delivery.
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