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> The other thing he doesn't talk about is the rise of remote work and the downward pressure that it puts on wages This doesn't get nearly talked about as much
by ugh123 3y ago
> The other thing he doesn't talk about is the rise of remote work and the downward pressure that it puts on wages
This doesn't get nearly talked about as much and I feel the audience who is the loudest favoring remote work has more to benefit than just a reduced or eliminated commute. Rather, this puts people into job market's they never would have had a chance to be in. As companies leases run out on their offices they'll switch tune from demanding RTO to instead performing layoffs in higher salary & COL areas to drive down wages further. The "outsourcing scare" of the early 2000s was overblown. It will be for real this time.
- williamcotton 3y agoLots of companies outside of tech need tech products. The best way to build the right things for customers is to get to know their customers and their business, from engineers to whoever. For one, that’s really hard to do through a laptop screen. Probably more important is it is much easier for person in country/culture X to familiarize themselves with a business and its customers in country/culture X over Y.
- ugh123 3y ago100% agree. But I suspect a lot of CEOs and their shareholders don't.
- zeroCalories 3y agoIt's already happening. Tech companies are laying off U.S talent, but expanding in low cost places like Poland and Japan(surprisingly). I suspect part of this is naive Americans, but I think there's also a psyop from these low col areas to normalize remote work. This WFH craze is going to accelerate America's decline as we enter peak abstract society and workers just become an email and slack name, easily replaced by one of a million applicants from around the globe. We need to start having honest conversations about how to handle our decline gracefully so that the drops in the standard of living won't be too brutal.
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