They’re a global company that offshores with location based pay and utilizes H1Bs. I think that’s the first thing to look at. You get what you pay for.

Stop trying to devalue labor. Not much sympathy when you’re obviously cutting corners.

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_fizz_buzz_ an hour ago | parent [-]

Just because someone is on an H1B visa doesn't mean they know less. It's a bit rich to blame this on foreign workers even though nothing is known about who or what caused this outage.

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greenchair 42 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Knowledge + tech skills are not the only factor that lead to subpar outcomes with these scenarios. In my experience the thing that causes the most problems with H1Bs is the weak English and related communication issues.

	▲	codingdave 8 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		In my experience, the communication problems stem from the Americans who expect perfect English from all others. English is spoken across the entire business world between people for whom it is not their first language. The accents and broken English is epic in many organizations. Yet they work through it and get things done together. If you work harder at taking the burden upon yourself to understand others, you might be surprised how well people can learn to communicate despite differing backgrounds.

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akKsbba 5 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I’m blaming it on paying workers less. H1B, location based pay, offshoring, etc. are all ways to pay workers less.

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renegade-otter an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

The problem with H1B is that these people are effectively prisoners. The market is not so hot right now even for those who have leverage, but combine it with the visa system and you get this "gotta do the needful" attitude to please the bosses, rushing broken fixes to production.