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Re:JPMorgan Workers Ponder Union in Wake of Return-to-Office... by paxys on Monday January 13, 2025 @03:53PM (#42689108)
What stopped them from doing exactly this 20 years ago? Turns out the differentiating factor isn't salary but talent. They pay you $$$$ because they can't find equivalent talent in India. And the talent that does exist in India isn't going to work for peanuts.
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Re:JPMorgan Workers Ponder Union in Wake of Return-to-Office... by mocha_nate on Monday January 13, 2025 @04:19PM (#42689526)
The talent abroad is also moving here for higher quality of life.
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Re:JPMorgan Workers Ponder Union in Wake of Return-to-Office... by dowager_dan99 on Monday January 13, 2025 @04:06PM (#42689317)
You are woefully ignorant here. There are lots of cultural challenges (ex: IME young Indians jump jobs even more frequently than young Americans), the time zone coordination, corporate organization, matching client time zone & culture, etc. Talent is not an issue.

Even blind statistics are not in your favor.

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Re:JPMorgan Workers Ponder Union in Wake of Return-to-Office... by ggm on Monday January 13, 2025 @04:10PM (#42689389)
Yet both of you align to the same answer: replacing us employees with Indian remote workers is less likely for a number of reasons.

But that said, you're also both ignoring relocation of the enterprise as a whole: employ Indians in India.

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Re:JPMorgan Workers Ponder Union in Wake of Return-to-Office... by mgh95 on Monday January 13, 2025 @04:41PM (#42689805)
I don't think you realize LATAM such as Brazil and CR is becoming the go-to destination for outsourcing, not India. IME, it's much more stable in SA than India.
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