My company just announced outsourcing some jobs to India, and I'm not excited

Oct 14, 2024
8:47:21am

cougarmeister How does this work?

I've been down this road with my previous company, and we put in a ton of work, travel, and late nights training & mentoring, and mostly it was wasted effort.

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Here’s one of the most annoying things about trying to hire in India (aside from the obvious time zone challenges): for

Mike Honcho All-American

8:42am

Seems like the solution is obvious

Beggar

8:45am

Grab a bag of Doritos and head for the couch?

TNT

8:45am

Not when the wage differential is meaningful

garyfan

8:48am

My company just announced outsourcing some jobs to India, and I'm not excited

cougarmeister

8:47am

I'd quit if I had to directly hire there. Thankfully my management team there handles

txblue

8:47am

The biggest challenges I see are the lead time (they have to give long notices when leaving current jobs) and then

Pete

8:50am

I’ve had much better success outsourcing to Eastern Europe and the Philippines than I have India or Mexico. But that’s

WDaddy

9:01am

Maybe you should hire Americans, then.

fattycoug

9:07am

Would love to. Not my call unfortunately.

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