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rr808 ◴[] No.45308864[source]
My mega corp employer has started an office in Mexico staffed with mostly contractors from India. Makes sense to have in the same timezone and much cheaper than our other low cost office in Texas that has mostly h1bs.
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1. iancmceachern ◴[] No.45309037[source]
This is really smart. Plus you can truck freight across the border, you don't have to fly stuff. There are whole manufacturing cities setup on the border for these kind of setups.
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2. rr808 ◴[] No.45309497[source]
These are IT workers doing programming and support for the US company.