Todd Anderson (Josh Hamilton), a salesman for a Seattle novelty products company, learns he has to travel to India when his department is outsourced.

Todd is not happy but when his boss Dave informs him that quitting would mean losing his stock options, he goes to train his Indian replacement Puro (Asif Basra).

Todd tries to improve the workplace experience for the employees; when they tell him they would like some of the products they are selling, he decides to implement a rewards program and asks Dave for a shipment.

When Dave arrives, the power shuts down due to flooding, but the employees manage to set up their workstations on the roof and resume business.

Upon his return to the United States, Todd calls his mother to see about spending more time with her, a lesson he learned from Puro's aunt.

In October 2007, Variety reported that Ken Kwapis, who worked on the U.S. adaptation of The Office, had been approached by NBC to create a television pilot for a potential spinoff of Outsourced.