The Parents Yap about Outsourcing: Handing Over Control or Saving Time?
What a world we live in where we can hire someone to handle even the most personal or mundane parts of our lives. What do you choose to outsource?
With cleaning services, personal shoppers, personal chefs and more, we can rid ourselves of the icky parts and concentrate on the stuff we like. An article we read over the summer got us thinking. What, if anything do we outsource? What would we outsource if we could afford more? What are the pros/cons in our own lives of outsourcing or not? Paul Simpson A familiar proverb states, “If a job is worth doing, it’s worth doing well.” I couldn’t agree more, which is why I’m a big contributor to local businesses through outsourcing. One could even make the argument that I am a Peapod enrollment and an after school program registration away from becoming an unnecessary cog in the Simpson family machine. While paying for services I am capable…
Stacy L. Smith
2:55 pm on Friday, November 16, 2012
I totally get the idea of outsourcing but I also love to do things myself. However, when i was pregnant with my first child and working full time I decided to have someone come in and clean my house. It seemed frivolous at the time but I couldn't do much without getting tired and bending over to clean the tub was out of the question. My husband felt it was a waste of money, but since he wasn't … more ›