I was shocked when I saw one of the Big Medical companies in Europe outsource almost every single thing.
Headquartered in Switzerland, its German office was mainly just Product managers writing requirements. Most of them would do endless paper work and all technical work is outsourced to multiple contractors. One of the requirements of the Product managers was to handle all these contractors so that things run smoothly. Many of the product managers had PhD degrees or Masters doing this nonsense. Finally the wonder why the cost of their products are so high.
I have noticed that it is better in the United States where a lot of medical companies have a lot of in house technical experience.
Headquartered in Switzerland, its German office was mainly just Product managers writing requirements. Most of them would do endless paper work and all technical work is outsourced to multiple contractors. One of the requirements of the Product managers was to handle all these contractors so that things run smoothly. Many of the product managers had PhD degrees or Masters doing this nonsense. Finally the wonder why the cost of their products are so high.
I have noticed that it is better in the United States where a lot of medical companies have a lot of in house technical experience.