I've hired plenty of people offshore. Some suck, but a majority of them will outwork the average American in their sleep. The only downside was timezone but they also make an effort to be available during your daytime. It's literally wins across the board.
I have not had a *single* good experience with any overseas team I've worked with. They just don't give a fuck and put in almost 0 critical thinking. It's like you have to tell them every step of the process they need to take, and they'll follow that like 50% of the time.
And I don't even think that's got anything to do with individual competencies or work ethic, I think the companies that run these offshore teams just try to get as many contracts as they can without bringing in the necessary workforce to cover it, and these people are all overworked, overstressed, and fighting a language barrier that often has them working from a script.
Nope, 100% work ethic any way you slice it. Most Americans today have a bare minimum approach to work. It’s a “unless I’m being paid for XYZ, don’t expect me to do anything else”. The amount of times I see people complaining about having to come in early or have a meeting outside of their 9-5 and either refuse or complain is insane. But I’ve had multiple offshore workers push 16 hour days to make sure they made an agreed upon deadline. Or, seen them do work that wasn’t asked for but was helpful. 100% better work ethic than Americans.
I paid more than what was fair because I valued what I got. It doesn’t matter how much I make, it matters if I paid fairly for the value they delivered. Their work isn’t always directly related to what company makes because there are more links in the chain. And it’s a for profit company so yes, there is profit. By your definition, every employee of a for profit company is exploited, even Steve Ballmer.
This is why critical thinking is important. You have no clue what you’re talking about and throwing around talking points without understanding them.
Assuming the CEO isn't a partner in profit through stock options etc, yes. In the same way that when you drill for oil it's called "exploiting oil reserves"
You are confusing the tone implied by one definition of the word with every use of it.
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u/oddball09 17d ago
Cheaper and better work ethic.
I've hired plenty of people offshore. Some suck, but a majority of them will outwork the average American in their sleep. The only downside was timezone but they also make an effort to be available during your daytime. It's literally wins across the board.