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It will be interesting indeed as lots of companies have to make the calculation of if the cost of a Full Time Employee and Office Space overhead is worth keeping or if they should outsource that function for less.
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↩ replying to networkproIf your job can be done "just as well" from home, then your job can be done "just as well" at 1/5 the cost from Bangalore.
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↩ replying to CaptainAmericaThis isn't always true.
I work a highly-skilled engineering position almost entirely from home. Companies have tried to outsource these jobs and can't get the quality needed for nuclear or highly sensitive designs when compared to ABET accredited graduates.
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↩ replying to AshaNeOmahFor most companies, a hermit in a cell isn't as valuable as an onsite resource thus a candidate for either automating or outsourcing.
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↩ replying to networkpro100% disagree with this. Hybrid/remote work is the way of the future and companies that fail to do this will be left behind.
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↩ replying to CaptainAmericaDoesn't quite work that way.
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↩ replying to mikejs78Hold onto that dream as the 2023 culling that is currently underway in the tech sector says otherwise.
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↩ replying to networkproThe culling is primarily affecting the big tech companies (Google, Meta, etc). Smaller companies like my own are hiring key people away from larger companies because we are offering a remote first mindset.
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↩ replying to networkproMy face watching mouthy employees who spent the last three years writing "open letters" and bratty Slack rants and staging walkouts finally get taken to the woodshed.
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↩ replying to CaptainAmericaThey won't be. Companies like my own are scooping those employees up.
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↩ replying to mikejs78I'm sorry but whiteboarding in a scrum room face-to-face is more valuable than coding in a closet. It just is.
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↩ replying to AshaNeOmahNot always true. Outsourcing IT to India for cost savings, layoff of most company domestic IT and my friend who survived the layoff travels to India several times a year to check on third party team.
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↩ replying to CaptainAmericaI'm sorry but that's a pretty narrow minded take and totally misunderstands how companies with remote first cultures operate.