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Poland. On one hand it’s a bit slower on the other Google here hiring like crazy, Netflix opening up an office, Shopify acquiring whole companies… To me it se

by b212 4y ago

Poland. On one hand it’s a bit slower on the other Google here hiring like crazy, Netflix opening up an office, Shopify acquiring whole companies… To me it seems like big tech fires in the US then look for cheaper workforce elsewhere. Or maybe just a coincidence?

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A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago
Hard to say. It might be, but I did notice some not so subtle memes posted on LinkedIn about "dont wanna come to office? lemme get someone from India; you want donuts tomorrow boss?". I am oddly inspired that the old country is getting slowly recognized as a place to pick up developers though ( it makes sense, big English speaking population, similar values ).
- KptMarchewa 4y ago
  Slowly recognized? Indian programmers have been a constant thing for way over 10 years now.
  - A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago
    Apologies. Clumsy phrasing. I meant Polish programmers, but comparison used in memes was about Indian programmers.
throwaway900001 4y ago
Can confirm. I, a software engineer (along with many others), was laid off and new teams are being brought up in Poland to do the same work.
Dopameaner 4y ago
Can confirm for Cisco India.
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pcthrowaway 4y ago
Canada here, I think the same thing is happening. Since the everything bubble crested, Canada has gotten pretty high up there in salary so it's not necessarily boosting our salaries too much more, but I don't think hiring is slowing down here either
mciancia 4y ago
Google Poland afaik has hiring freeze right now.
robnado 4y ago
Yeah, it seems that the highly paid Silicon Valley developers have effectively convinced executives that their jobs can be done remotely.
- moomoo11 4y ago
  And it’s entirely their fault too if it ends up being the case. Engineers love showing themselves the door from their work lol.
dan_hawkins 4y ago
Intel Poland laid off a number of engineers, especially seniors and women.
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by b212 4y ago

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A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago

Hard to say. It might be, but I did notice some not so subtle memes posted on LinkedIn about "dont wanna come to office? lemme get someone from India; you want donuts tomorrow boss?". I am oddly inspired that the old country is getting slowly recognized as a place to pick up developers though ( it makes sense, big English speaking population, similar values ).

KptMarchewa 4y ago
Slowly recognized? Indian programmers have been a constant thing for way over 10 years now.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago
  Apologies. Clumsy phrasing. I meant Polish programmers, but comparison used in memes was about Indian programmers.

throwaway900001 4y ago

Can confirm. I, a software engineer (along with many others), was laid off and new teams are being brought up in Poland to do the same work.

Dopameaner 4y ago

Can confirm for Cisco India.

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pcthrowaway 4y ago

Canada here, I think the same thing is happening. Since the everything bubble crested, Canada has gotten pretty high up there in salary so it's not necessarily boosting our salaries too much more, but I don't think hiring is slowing down here either

mciancia 4y ago

Google Poland afaik has hiring freeze right now.

robnado 4y ago

Yeah, it seems that the highly paid Silicon Valley developers have effectively convinced executives that their jobs can be done remotely.

moomoo11 4y ago
And it’s entirely their fault too if it ends up being the case. Engineers love showing themselves the door from their work lol.

dan_hawkins 4y ago

Intel Poland laid off a number of engineers, especially seniors and women.

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