This isn’t accurate. Outsourcing tech jobs has been a thing since the 90s. It rarely works which is why it never stuck around. It’s just as risky today as it was back then.
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g8phcon2@teacup.social 8 months agoNow that "everyone" works from home, a lot of companies figure it cost a lot less to hire Indians to do that than Americans.
jmanes@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Pxtl@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Wrong timezone, wrong first language, and a corporate culture of fake-it-till-you-make-it-and-keep-faking-it-even-after-everything-failed makes that way harder than it seems at a glance. I’ve worked with a lot of great Indian developers, but those great Indian developers weren’t working at Satyam and the like.
I mean, to me the middle-ground is obvious. Don’t outsource to India. Just outsource to Pittsburgh. Still cheaper than hiring Silicon Valley people, only 3 hours time-shift, and Yinzers speak something pretty close to English.
Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 8 months ago
Did work from home start 30+ years ago? Because that is when companies started offshoring jobs on mass.