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Google lays off hundreds of 'Core' employees, moves some positions to India and Mexico (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 6 months ago by lautan@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Google is laying off more employees and hiring for their roles outside of the U.S.

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[–] pleb_maximus@feddit.de 51 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There isn't a reason the company couldn't hire someone to do their job from an office in India or the Philippines either though.

[–] RidcullyTheBrown@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Availability of talent used to be the traditional issue. Judging from the current trend of growing teams in these areas, either the talent pool has been growing there or the outsourced jobs are not the talent seeking ones. India, especially, has a low reputation as an outsourcing target.