[weegee]

I also find it crappy that American corporations won’t let employees stateside telecommute but they have no problem employing people on the other side of the globe and communicating with them by shared computer desktops and teleconferences.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Did not you know that an MBA from a Ivy League school, gated community residence, and a private yacht slip allows one to be able to do that?? /sarc

[Myrddin]

I also find it crappy that American corporations won’t let employees stateside telecommute but they have no problem employing people on the other side of the globe and communicating with them by shared computer desktops and teleconferences.

I've been telecommuting in some form since 1983. I gave up a company office permanently starting in 2000. I've worked for 3 U.S. corporations over that time frame. It's a matter of whether your company values your services.

[Non-Sequitur]

I also find it crappy that American corporations won’t let employees stateside telecommute but they have no problem employing people on the other side of the globe and communicating with them by shared computer desktops and teleconferences.

The current school of thought is that if a resource doesn't need to be in the office to accomplish the work then they don't even need to be on the continent to do the work. Anyone currently telecommuting for a large corporation, especially an IT services firm, should get themselves into a client-facing position. Now.