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Re:Microsoft to Cut 9k Workers in Second Wave of Major Layoffs by darth_avocado on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @01:51PM (#44446734)
> Microsoft is actively laying off people with 150k salaries and replacing them with offshore workers earning a 10th of the salary.

I know the talking points on HN like to portray Indian developers as cheap, low quality labor, but contrary to popular belief, they aren’t getting workers for $15k. A Median senior developer earns almost $90k in India in Microsoft.

https://www.levels.fyi/companies/microsoft/salaries/software...

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Re:Microsoft to Cut 9k Workers in Second Wave of Major Layoffs by wonderwonder on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @03:13PM (#44447674)
To be clear, I never painted indian devs as low quality. Many of the ones I work with are very smart, skilled people
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Re:Microsoft to Cut 9k Workers in Second Wave of Major Layoffs by WillPostForFood on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @08:14PM (#44450236)
You can see the Microsoft H1B Software Engineer salaries at the HQ in Redmond.

https://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=microsoft&job=software+eng...

What do you think the salary would be for a US employee that those $101k H1B Software Engineers replaced? They obviously aren't saving 90%, but maybe 50% 33%?

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Re:Microsoft to Cut 9k Workers in Second Wave of Major Layoffs by timtom123 on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @10:55PM (#44451205)
It isn't just the $ savings. It is indentured servitude. I have more than one friend that quit the day they got their green card.
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