if the offshored personnel work via a bodyshop then the incentives are completely different compared to direct employees, and the resulting work is considerably

if the offshored personnel work via a bodyshop then the incentives are completely different compared to direct employees, and the resulting work is considerably lower quality (at least in my experience) if offshored personnel are direct employees it's a completely different story given the main cost saving comes from being able to "ramp the size of the pool up and down to meet demand" most large companies opt for the bodyshop solution...