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		908B64B197 on May 12, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forev... >The reason why offshoring nearly always failed in the past is because teams weren't fully distributed/remote That's an interesting theory. It doesn't match what I've observed where the offshore team almost always had a skill gap with the on-site team.

m0zg on May 13, 2020 [–]

Remember that in this case it'd be "offshoring", not "offshore outsourcing". That is, the company would be able to maintain the hiring bar at that reduced cost.

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