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JaredSeth t1_jadpd7d wrote

Reply to comment by hulks_brother in How much is remote work worth? New York City is about to find out. by arrogant_ambassador

Remote workers will naturally be paid less though because they're competing with every other remote worker. When an employer can hire a full time developer in India for ₹700,000 a year, why would they pay someone in the States in $USD? If on the other hand what they really want is someone who'll come in to the office, they'll have to pay in accordance with the local cost of living to retain talent.

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throws_rocks_at_cars t1_jaesm98 wrote

Quality

Legality of work materials requiring citizenship

Time zone coordination

Industries not present in India (say, aeronautics? Chip manufacturing? Take your pick.)

Residency requirements

Classified/cleared materials

Other federally regulated materials

Is that enough? We can keep going.

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eclectic5228 t1_jae0dw8 wrote

Except that most NYC agencies have any residency requirement

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JaredSeth t1_jae3un3 wrote

Oh, I was responding more to the general idea that remote workers should be compensated the same as in-person, not so much for city agencies.

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poralexc t1_jaebh0t wrote

In software, outsourcing usually means writing something twice and paying two sets of engineers.

”Near shoring“ is becoming a lot more common—using workers from CA/Latin America but keeping them more closely integrated with their US counterparts.

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JaredSeth t1_jaeedjc wrote

Yeah, my company does a lot of both (not "outsourcing" per se because these are employees, but certainly offshoring\near-shoring).

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