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This is overly cynical and alarmist. Outsourcing has been a thing for a long time and its results have also been known for a long time. Companies, for lack of
by halfmatthalfcat 5y ago
This is overly cynical and alarmist. Outsourcing has been a thing for a long time and its results have also been known for a long time.
Companies, for lack of a better term, have "fucked around and found out" by not going (relatively) local and depending on offshoring (even nearshoring) to their ultimate detriment. This isn't to say that companies that are remote (as in geographically) don't now have a bigger pool but large and high functioning tech companies are not going to all of a sudden abandon home-grown talent for offshoring.
- cromka 5y ago> Outsourcing This isn't outsourcing, this is hiring to work for the company's own teams based in the US. > offshoring This isn't offshoring in traditional terms, the projects stay in the US and are managed from there, with team members from all over the place.
- kcb 5y agoWorking from home hasn't changed the dynamics of having team members all over the world. There are countless issues creating an effective team spread around the globe from Language Barriers and Time Zones to Labor Laws (ex. losing Nordic employees for 2 months every summer)