Re:IBM Now Has More Employees in India Than in the U.S
by saimiam on Friday September 29, 2017 @12:38PM
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Meaning?
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Re:IBM Now Has More Employees in India Than in the U.S
by mikestew on Friday September 29, 2017 @01:37PM
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Collect a U. S. salary while shipping the actual work to a less expensive worker elsewhere. Just like companies do, only on an individual basis. I believe it has actually been done (then the person got caught and fired, IIRC).
Re:IBM Now Has More Employees in India Than in the U.S
by alxmdev on Friday September 29, 2017 @02:41PM
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It's been done alright!
> "As it turns out, Bob had simply outsourced his own job to a Chinese consulting firm. Bob spent less than one-fifth of his six-figure salary for a Chinese firm to do his job for him."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/16/software-devel...
Re:IBM Now Has More Employees in India Than in the U.S
by hardlianotion on Friday September 29, 2017 @06:03PM
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I remember that. The only bit I have no sympathy with was that he chose to send his whole day quietly browsing the web.