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"
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.
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)