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It is really rich that those on HN who are paid 6 to 7 figures would seat on their high horse and disparage OP for complaining about labour law arbitrage from t
by sansnomme 7y ago
It is really rich that those on HN who are paid 6 to 7 figures would seat on their high horse and disparage OP for complaining about labour law arbitrage from the perspective of an Nordic entrepreneur and yet would be the first to throw a fit if their jobs get shipped or outsourced to Mexico or some other emerging economy.
- wesammikhail 7y agoFunny enough, I just outsourced a bunch to Vietnam and am in the process of moving the rest to eastern Europe. The only part that will remain here is the sales division because that needs to be here. So yea, looks like the laws are working as intended... amirite?
- petre 7y agoWhere in Eastern Europe are you moving? I wonder if Estonia is okay for startups? In my city the IT sector unemployment is around zero point something figures, meaning it's quite difficult to find new qualified workers. I've even heard about cases of French and Belgian citizens moving to Eastern Europe to work in IT. It sounds crazy.
- aliswe 7y agoMay I guess poland or bulgaria.
- conanbatt 7y agoAsk them what they think about Immigration of software engineers to top it off!
- fzeroracer 7y agoAnd what the do when they can't exploit said countries as much if they institute stronger labor laws? Frankly I welcome companies to try and outsource their work. It almost never works out well because they pay garbage rates and get garbage code back. I have zero concerns about software jobs being outsourced.