One of my teammates got axed and replaced by an offshore person. Funny thing is he is Indian and just got his green card. Irony can su-k.
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It's actually neither.
There is a big difference in working for a company headquartered in an offshore location but has business in your country as opposed to working for a company that is just looking for cheap labor. I wouldn’t feel good about myself in that situation and would feel like I was a failure.
Offshoring su-ks, but how many of us would refuse a remote job at an overseas company for, say, 150% of what we're currently making?
Welcome to America.
If you have a high paying tech job you have more than enough resources to build a rainy day fund when things go south. Don't cry me a river that tax payers didn't do it for you.
Welcome to corporate America!
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I call bull on this story. In my twelve years here I have never ever heard about one certain position in a team going off-shore.
Someone lost his or her job first for your teammate to get his green card.
Unfortunately, no one wants to say this. A disproportionate number of IT folks are in Indian , in this country as well. When the sector collapses, they suffer a lot more in real and proportional terms. During the 2000s when the .com bust happened, many of my Indian friends were laid off. They had become US citizens and this country did not help them much either. Thanks, America, the best fair weather friend of all times.
At least it shows there is no discrimination and nobody is safe.
It’s not about ethnicity but cost.
At least he got his green card and can find another job. It would have su-ked if he didn’t have a permanent visa.