Hacker News with Generative AI: Outsourcing

Ask HN: Is your company still outsourcing to Eastern Europe? (ycombinator.com)
Right before the Russia invasion it seemed outsourcing to Ukraine was the latest craze in the tech industry.

Outsourcing, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Technology, Business

8 points by jarsin 20 days ago | 4 comments

Google, Meta, Amazon hire low-paid foreign workers after US layoffs (nypost.com)
Some of the biggest companies in tech including Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and Salesforce have hired foreign workers just weeks after reducing headcount by thousands of employees, according to a report.

Tech Industry, Employment, Labor, Immigration, Outsourcing

10 points by lopkeny12ko 22 days ago | 0 comments

PTSD, depression and anxiety: why former FB mods in Kenya are taking action (theguardian.com)
Ex-staff at outsourcing company Samasource claim they vetted unspeakably graphic videos in harsh conditions

Mental Health, Social Media, Kenya, Labor Practices, Outsourcing

6 points by philk10 31 days ago | 1 comments

Yahoo cybersecurity team sees layoffs, outsourcing of 'red team,' under new CTO (techcrunch.com)
Yahoo laid off around 25% of its cybersecurity team — known as The Paranoids — over the last year, TechCrunch has learned.

Cybersecurity, Layoffs, Yahoo, Outsourcing, Tech

6 points by cannibalXxx 35 days ago | 1 comments

Uber's Gig Workers Now Include Coders for Hire on AI Projects (bloomberg.com)
Uber Technologies Inc.’s gig-economy workforce now includes programmers. The company is expanding beyond its rideshare roots to enter a hot new market: helping other businesses outsource some of their artificial intelligence development to independent contractors.

Uber, Gig Economy, Artificial Intelligence, Outsourcing, Software Development

6 points by rbanffy 50 days ago | 1 comments

As IBM pushes for automation, its AI simply not up to the job of replacing staff (theregister.com)
IBM's plan to replace thousands of roles with AI presently looks more like outsourcing jobs to India, at the expense of organizational competency.

Artificial Intelligence, Business, Technology, Automation, Outsourcing

63 points by Brajeshwar 115 days ago | 79 comments

Ask HN: Why hasn't there been more outsourcing of tech jobs to Japan? (ycombinator.com)

Outsourcing, Japan, Technology, Employment, Software Development

17 points by jarsin 141 days ago | 45 comments

Boeing and the perils of outsourcing mission-critical work (computerworld.com)

Outsourcing, Aerospace, Boeing, Business, Software

12 points by rntn 195 days ago | 0 comments

The Time I Convinced the CTO Not to Outsource Our Developers (GrumpyOldDev.com)

Outsourcing, Software Development, Management, Leadership

26 points by mundanerality 245 days ago | 26 comments

Google's new US layoffs are to replace core jobs in Mexico and India (androidpolice.com)