I feel like everywhere I work, we have this term, and it’s become increasingly more common over the past decade as the USA becomes more and more hateful and aggressive towards the working class people… The offshore team. I really, really hate hearing about the offshore team. It’s from a certain country in Asia that starts with I But I have nothing against those people that come from that country, it’s simply out of concern for my well-being and my survival that it bothers me…

You look at a country like Germany, and how they have a workers council, and a country like France that has proper retirement, then you see the USA and how We have millions of computer science grads who struggle to find work, can’t get a job, universities churning out new students in the tens of thousands per year… We shouldn’t have an offshore team, at a company that makes billions of dollars, led by people that have so much money amassed up that they could survive for a thousand years spending millions.

It’s just embarrassing, that as a society, we are so horrible to each other.

  • HobbitFoot English
    122·
    13 hours ago

    I figured this would kick off again when work from home got implemented.

    If your staff don’t need to report to an office, why pay them for a high cost of living when they can live anywhere? In person pay is going to drop to national or international averages since you don’t need them physically at a site.

    • Fades@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      7 hours ago

      My company is WFH but they tell me if I move more than a few hours drive from my local “hybrid” office it’s akin to quitting. My company is not alone in this.

      • HobbitFoot English
        1·
        5 hours ago

        Yeah, but a lot of companies laid out very poor WFH policies at the start of the pandemic.

        I’m also expecting that some companies are willing to accept WFH if it means they don’t have to pay as much.

    • iii@mander.xyzEnglish
      4·
      12 hours ago

      In person pay is going to drop to national or international averages since you don’t need them physically at a site.

      Why’s that?

      • HobbitFoot English
        33·
        11 hours ago

        It should be “A person’s pay”, but a lot of tech offices are in high cost of living places like the Bay Area. If you don’t have to show up in San Jose consistently, you can hire from wherever and most other places will have a lower cost of living.

        So someone in Austin may be willing and able to do the same job as someone from San Jose for 20% cheaper because their lower cost of living still makes it work it. Or maybe someone in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon may be willing and able to do the same job for 60% cheaper.

        Suddenly, those high salary tech positions go away because major tech companies are no longer limited on where they can source talent.