Why do we have a US leadership and Indian leadership in IT.
Possibility to trim the fat..
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If you can WFH, hybrid or remote, it can be done overseas too.
@at most probably. Maybe not SOWs, but definitely T&Ms, and not necessarily in the same timeframe as the RIF.
Are contingent workers impacted?
India is an economic play and nothing more: they are inexpensive. Zero intuition. Unprofessional. Limited (really no) technical knowledge. Have to have a task list to follow and if something doesn’t go according to plan they stop everything until they are told what to do. When they sc--w up (as they do daily) it’s always someone else’s fault (and Verizon falls in line and beats the rest of us up over it).
India team is also impacted by the RIF. They have been notified that they are impacted. They'll find out Wednesday night our time.
The ŋeedful is being done over the seas. No return to office time rubbish. Getting reality
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@a6 You must be trolling. I regularly work with folks in the EU and India as well. US engineers will work through problems with me, take ownership of solutions, and prioritize the customer experience. Indian engineers ask for requirements and money and then tell me to go away, that is until it's time to ask for more money because they blew through their budget doing who knows what. EU is better, but I hope you like waiting because between scheduling challenges and cultural differences, it will take them 4X as long to do the same task.
@a6 wow, are you gas lighting Americans? Who actually built all these companies?
As a U.S. based employee, I must admit that overseas teams — Ireland, India, the Philippines, and across the EU etc — often demonstrate higher efficiency, stronger technical depth, and greater adaptability. Even industry leaders like the CEOs of Ford and Samsung have acknowledged the widening skills gap in the U.S. workforce. It’s a reminder that American labor competitiveness must evolve to match the skill intensity and work discipline seen globally.
The endgame is outsourcing whatever US job IT or not but they started with IT and expanding to other departments.
The cuts are hitting US teams hard, while India hiring is booming so fast they’re running out of office space. No signs of layoffs overseas, so is this restructuring really about performance, or just shifting jobs out of the US while making money here in the US.
@OP labor in india is considerably cheaper. I'm in DE org. It's a thing.