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Re:Amazon braces for another major round of layoffs, 14,000 ... by xienze on Saturday January 24, 2026 @07:41PM (#46749363)
They have been offshoring for decades. We go in cycles of execs asking “why the hell are we paying these entitled Americans so much when Indian will do just as good for peanuts?”, then offshoring, then realizing it doesn’t work that well. The next guy comes in and the cycle repeats.

However, the second an IT union gets established they’re just going to say the hell with it, India ain’t so bad.

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Re:Amazon braces for another major round of layoffs, 14,000 ... by joe_mamba on Saturday January 24, 2026 @08:01PM (#46749520)
>then realizing it doesn’t work that well

How isn't it working? Most big tech companies have large pools of workers in India/Asia/LatAm/CEE at this point. So something must be working if they keep growing there.

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