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submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by TootSweet@lemmy.world to c/justpost@lemmy.world

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My employer just laid off a huge amount of the IT department where I work a year or two ago. I survived it, but today they announced they're going to require everyone to come back into the office. And coincidentally they're opening a new office in India. (Their first office outside of north/central America. And they do no business/sales in India and have no plan to start. Pay no attention to the fact that the going rate for labor in India is a fraction of a fraction of what we're paid in the U.S.)

It's painfully obvious that they're just trying to incentivize people to leave on terms that aren't considered "termination" for purposes of... say... unemployment benefits payment and such.

So, now I'm in the market for a job. It'll basically have to be full-time remote for reasons. And I super don't relish the idea of becoming a vibe coder. Nor job hunting in the current market.

Stressful bullshit.

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[–] bluGill@fedia.io 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They will discover the hard way, like many have before, that while there are a lot of people in India and a lot of them are even smart, there are also a lot of incompetent people, just like anywhere else. The smart people of India have discovered that there's a lot of competition for hiring them, and so they can command a good salary. While not quite as good as you could get in the U.S., it's still a very good salary, and they will demand it. If you want incompetent people, well, that's not a problem: you can get those cheap. Also because of languages and cultural differences, you need more \ better management to handle people in India. between those, it is very hard to save money in India. It certainly can be and has been done, but India is not nearly as cheap as they appear on the outside.

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 days ago

But line goes up right now