Yep.
I still don’t understand the cost savings.
Reality dictates that all IT people wear several hats. In large, Fortune 100 companies they might be more specialized, in smaller companies less so. But they all have multiple skills that typically have been learned via OJT.
If you want to outsource someone who wears, say 5 hats, you will not find a cheap H1B worker who can do all five things. They don’t exist, because if they did they’d be paid the same as a native worker. So, the reality is that the company winds up with 5 H1Bs, each wearing one hat. And the TRUTHFUL reality is that of those five, maybe three are ok at what they do, one is marginal, and one gets carried by the other four.
I’ve been in senior IT for a long time, and I’ve never made enough money so that it’s cheaper to replace me with multiple workers. One for one? Sure, but they can’t do what I do. Two or three entry level people? Maybe, but they can’t do what I do. Two or three senior engineers? Sure, but even at cut rates, they’ll make more than me.
I’ve seen this happen multiple times. The hubris of execs - “This has never worked before, but only because I haven’t tried it” - never ceases to amaze me.
[I’ve seen this happen multiple times. The hubris of execs - “This has never worked before, but only because I haven’t tried it†- never ceases to amaze me.]
I was always amazed at the proud look of some fool who came up ‘What if we got one guy to do the job of two? (or three)”.
I would LOL and tell them a) that guy doesn’t exist and/or is not available and b) even a marginal candidate lacking one of them will not come nor stay for what you’re offering when they get two or three times that hourly rate.
But they always think they’re the first genius to come up with this “strategy”.
Fantasy world.