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Cost of living. To imply that Costa Rica's education is somehow superior to India's is misrepresenting the situation. If in my local market 300 dollars is a p
by DoingIsLearning 4y ago
Cost of living.
To imply that Costa Rica's education is somehow superior to India's is misrepresenting the situation.
If in my local market 300 dollars is a pretty good average then I don't have leverage to ask for 800 dollars from the HR department of a billion dollar beast of a company who will create every possible pressure to adjust the offer according to my local market.
- ivanhoe 4y agoBut that doesn't explain the incentive for Amazon to hire anyone from Costa Rica at 3x higher salary? If education/skills are the same why not just hire more Indians (or ppl from some other, cheaper Latin America country) and save a lot of money? Hell, they could easily open a center in many parts of Eastern Europe and still hire people for far less than those $800.
- karmakurtisaani 4y agoThere could be tons of other factors in play. Regulation, taxes, available workforce, etc. that guide decisions like these.
- Ancalagon 4y agoI think the real answer is: The difference between $300 and $800 per worker for a program like this is _couch money_ for a company like Amazon. The value they will eventually derive from the data and profits is well worth whatever time savings they get from hiring someone in the western hemisphere I imagine.
- krageon 4y ago> To imply that Costa Rica's education is somehow superior to India's is misrepresenting the situation. You fail to explain why it is a misrepresentation. In fact, you don't address it at all outside of this statement.