Perhaps true with office work (so many tales of people saying they got shit code from overseas developers) and such, but I think the savings were very real for manufacturing, at least for a period of time. Happy to be corrected if that’s wrong.
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bstix@feddit.dk 3 weeks agoIt’s a valid point.
Most practical examples of out-sourcing has however failed to show any worthwhile savings, while working from home has shown remarkable increases in productivity.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Is it valid? If they could outsource they already would have. They already have with heavy industry.
SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Other time zones and that makes communication difficult, so no quick IM with “by the end of the day” as that means something different over there. Different culture and way of doing things, so have to spend a lot more effort in communication being very clear. Even then they’re far away where it’s a lot easier to hide stuff until the hole is very deep. Travel expenses going up very quickly for a little training for a new guy. It can be so fun to work with teams in a different continent.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Besides that, you also get what you paid for.
Hiring someone in India means that the person is gonna give you as much dedication as their wage will allow. If they produced top of the line stuff they would want close to top of the line compensation.