A320
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Communication Breakdown; Confusion; Training / Qualification
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown
General None Reported / Taken
Company Policy; Human Factors; Procedure
Not one part of this pushback from this station's personnel followed SOP - not the verbiage; not the hand signals; nothing.  The most egregious was that I never got the arms at 45 degree signal (aircraft is clear/ready for next) from the marshaller.  All he did was give a salute-like gesture then he walked away.  I tried to call Ops to get someone out there who actually knew what they were doing; but; or course; no one would answer the radio.  This seems to be the case more and more as we outsource our stations.  I'm not sure if is a lack of training; lack of ability; or lack of caring; but these outsourced stations rarely follow SOP and are a huge safety risk.
An A320 Captain noted that as station operations are outsourced; adherence to ramp SOP is lacking. At this Station; the pushback verbiage and hand signal were not employed.