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I”m sure you’ve heard of the 4 Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferris plenty of times online around the web, and maybe even around the office at your day job. It became fairly popular quite awhile ago. I bought this book in early 2008 after hearing rave reviews about it.

My personal opinion of the book… I’m really not that smitten with it. Don’t get me wrong, there are some great ideas in the book. The main idea is you outsource all the work and you enjoy your free time to do as you please.

I have two criticisms with this book. The first is that I think its over doing the outsourcing a bit. But, that’s a personal preference. I like to be a part of my projects and I outsource the parts that I’m not good at or that I know will just get done a million times faster by someone else.

My second criticism is probably also a personal preference, but it is one I feel strongly about. This talks about outsourcing to overseas providers to take advantage of the super low rates you can get. We’re talking less than $5 per hour rates. Yes, it’s a great deal, yes it fits into almost any budget, but it’s not something I’m comfortable with.

In my opinion if you want to live the good life here in the USA … why not support others that want to do the same? Having lost not 1, not 2, but 3 very good jobs in my lifetime because companies decided to offshore their workload this is the kind of thing that just really irks me to no end. It’s part of the reason I work from home, for myself, making a living my way. I don’t like it, I don’t want to be a part of it, and it bothered me to the point where I honestly never even finished reading the whole book.

Now, please don’t misunderstand me. I’m not against working cooperatively with people in other countries. I work with people on a daily basis that are from Canada, Australia, and England. However, we all work for fair rates and we work together as a team to meet a specific business minded goal.

The internet makes the whole world your office…. I just think there are certain lines we need to draw in the sand. Taking advantage of those that live in other countries isn’t my idea of a good business deal. Just because someone in India will work for less than 10 dollars a day doesn’t mean it’s the best fit for your needs, it just means it’s the most affordable fit!

If you’re getting ready to outsource a project to free up some time to do other things for your business, please take the time to find and hire the best person or team to meet your business needs … no matter where they live.