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> In most companies option B has been on the table for a very long time Mom and Pop may have always been well positioned to fully embrace outsourcing, but they
by randomdata 3y ago
> In most companies option B has been on the table for a very long time
Mom and Pop may have always been well positioned to fully embrace outsourcing, but they tend to just copy what they see big companies do without any thought. Additionally, where they do put in thought, they tend to lean “shop local” and see offshoring as a threat to their entire business.
As for those big companies, truly embracing option B has been difficult as even the C-level are typically themselves just employees, not the controlling ownership, and thus don't want to see their jobs outsourced any more than anyone else. Once the boots on the ground are offshored, you may as well offshore the management of them too. Thus there is a strong incentive for management to keep up onshore appearances and limit offshoring to small doses.
- ozim 3y agoThat was a bit of a revelation last year - I though most of the time CEO gets shares as compensation then he is tied to the company and in theory should work to make company profit because it is his profit. Seems like for a lot of companies it is not the case but I can see that CEO type of guys can haggle really well and they call the shots as mostly it is companies that need them more than they need the company so they can disagree on having shackles.
- soco 3y agoA hard disagree on "companies that need them more than they need the company". A headless company can still run, a company-less CEO is nothing. But this is the culture we're in, paying the friends of the board millions regardless of their performance, because the board knows they get their backs rubbed as well.
- robertlagrant 3y ago> A headless company can still run, a company-less CEO is nothing Can you give an example of a headless company that's running fine?
- soco 3y agoCompanies change CEOs all the time. There's weeks and months until the next one is coming in. Pick any company, just any, and you have your answer.
- robertlagrant 3y agoYou're right - there are usually interim CEOs to fill the gap. I don't see how interim CEOs are relevant here, though.
- rvba 3y agoToo big too fail companies still run. Also they dont run fine, they just run.
- mirekrusin 3y agoDifference in timezone is also something that immediately brings attention to "who's going to be managing that?".
- CalRobert 3y agoWhich always made me think it was odd South America didn't get more attention. I worked for Auth0 for a long time and they were started by a guy in Argentina and one in the US - the lack of time difference came up as a major benefit despite the geographical separation.