There is a hard push against remote work right now.
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Remote work has its problems too. Namely lack of interaction, and enabling lazy fucks who don't actually have jobs.
Also, if your job can 100% be remote, you can be outsourced. Something to think about.
Ehh, I've worked with outsourcing teams before. You absolutely get what you pay for.
Especially with international outsourcing. If you don't have talented people on your side evaluating the work, you're going to get garbage.
Most companies are fine with producing garbage these days.
Yeah. Cause everyone does it and customers are used to it. And what are you going to do, use another company? They outsource too! Probably to the same Indian sweatshop!
Anyone with the ability to learn has figured out that third world labor gets you third world results. If someone wants something that actually works, they still go domestic.
I have friends who were on the forefront of electronic manufacturing since the early 2000s. One of the things they have been consistent about is that outsourcing to China gets all of your IP stolen. The CCP will pressure your company to pick a local partner company, then train them up to do the work. They will be running knock-off copies out the back door using the same skills, equipment and training that you have paid for.
Outsourcing to India is worse, but for different reasons. The factory in India explained that they had to buy parts from a certain supplier, because they had a relationship with them. When it was pointed out that the parts were stub-standard, did not pass QC and would require the entire production run to be scrapped, the Indians basically didn't care. They would rather maintain their relationships and get their kickbacks than do useful work.
South America has been much better. Mexico is okay, as long as it is close enough to the border.
All of these extended supply chains are going to fall into a screaming heap if the price of diesel fuel keeps going up. Saving three dollars on a part is useless if shipping costs seven dollars.
Indeed. So what you do is grab your employer by the balls. Be the only person who knows how your company's systems work, and they can never fire you.
Another article said the same about outsourcing.