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> Microsoft is actively laying off people with 150k salaries and replacing them with offshore workers earning a 10th of the salary. I know the talking points o

> Microsoft is actively laying off people with 150k salaries and replacing them with offshore workers earning a 10th of the salary. I know the talking points on HN like to portray Indian developers as cheap, low quality labor, but contrary to popular belief, they aren’t getting workers for $15k. A Median senior developer earns almost $90k in India in Microsoft. https://www.levels.fyi/companies/microsoft/salaries/software-engineer/levels/senior-sde/locations/greater-bengaluru https://www.levels.fyi/companies/microsoft/salaries/software...

wonderwonder 1y ago
To be clear, I never painted indian devs as low quality. Many of the ones I work with are very smart, skilled people
WillPostForFood 1y ago
You can see the Microsoft H1B Software Engineer salaries at the HQ in Redmond. https://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=microsoft&job=software+engineer&city=redmond&year=2024 https://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=microsoft&job=software+eng... What do you think the salary would be for a US employee that those $101k H1B Software Engineers replaced? They obviously aren't saving 90%, but maybe 50% 33%?
- timtom123 1y ago
  It isn't just the $ savings. It is indentured servitude. I have more than one friend that quit the day they got their green card.