The remote-work revolution has led some U.S. technology companies, from startups to Coinbase and Shopify, to seek new hires in Latin America -- where they can find qualified people in roughly the same time zone who'll work for much lower pay.
techies finally going thru their own "deindustrialization"
People say this but majority of the software developer jobs for US companies are in the US itself and they don't hire much visa workers or outsourced the jobs. It's all bs. People will take a look at one or two extreme cases and do the whole panic "omg they're taking our jobs" while someone on a student visa won't get hired because the companies don't want to sponsor a working visa for them. It's only gotten worst since Trump.
“If I’m hiring a person in Cleveland, why not just hire a person in Bogota?” Josh Brenner, CEO of Hired, said in an interview. “They’re both remote, they’re both on the same time zone. And I can do that in a much more cost-efficient way right now.”
I mean yeah ur right majority will stay. But how big of a majority? 70%? 60? Its just that much more competition. (obvs dont misconstrue my words as thinking latam ppl are somehow to blame. They also want what we all want, a good quality of life and they should get that dough)
They're in for a rude awakening when they realize that most non-US countries have an attitude towards work/life balance that is much closer to Europe than the US (e.g. 2 weeks vacation for a professional or expecting 50 hour weeks would be appalling).
Yeah local laws still apply to where the person is working and not to where the employer is headquartered. I work with people based out of the UK and some dude got 7 months paternity leave for an adoption.
I was just talking about how the actual employees will act vs cucked Americans, but the law is a good point too. Most Global South countries have better worker protection laws vs the US too lmfao.
People say this but majority of the software developer jobs for US companies are in the US itself and they don't hire much visa workers or outsourced the jobs. It's all bs. People will take a look at one or two extreme cases and do the whole panic "omg they're taking our jobs" while someone on a student visa won't get hired because the companies don't want to sponsor a working visa for them. It's only gotten worst since Trump.
“If I’m hiring a person in Cleveland, why not just hire a person in Bogota?” Josh Brenner, CEO of Hired, said in an interview. “They’re both remote, they’re both on the same time zone. And I can do that in a much more cost-efficient way right now.”
I mean yeah ur right majority will stay. But how big of a majority? 70%? 60? Its just that much more competition. (obvs dont misconstrue my words as thinking latam ppl are somehow to blame. They also want what we all want, a good quality of life and they should get that dough)
They're in for a rude awakening when they realize that most non-US countries have an attitude towards work/life balance that is much closer to Europe than the US (e.g. 2 weeks vacation for a professional or expecting 50 hour weeks would be appalling).
Yeah local laws still apply to where the person is working and not to where the employer is headquartered. I work with people based out of the UK and some dude got 7 months paternity leave for an adoption.
I was just talking about how the actual employees will act vs cucked Americans, but the law is a good point too. Most Global South countries have better worker protection laws vs the US too lmfao.
America #1 (in shittiest country on earth)