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My remote job has been outsourced — is this a trend?

I’ve been working remotely, and now my employer has outsourced my job to India. My boss said that since I’m not coming into the office, they might as well as find someone who can do my job for a third of the cost. Is this a trend? If I look for another remote job, am I going to be out of work again?

I’m sorry that you’ve lost your job, but outsourcing jobs to lower-cost locations, whether offshore, near shore or onshore, is not a new business practice.

Companies have been doing this for decades — evaluating how to optimize the cost of talent by locating different teams and functions where they can find a good source at the best cost.

India has been a destination for global companies to establish a presence for technology talent because the skills are plentiful there and at a steep discount when compared to the cost in the US.

Even within the US, companies evaluate locations based on available talent and cost of living, but I don’t think you are at greater risk of that job being relocated to a lower-cost location just because you are remote.


You should admire your adult child paying their own way by working in the service sector.
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My kid is in college and says that he doesn’t want to work a real job this summer. He just wants to travel and do odds and ends jobs, flipping burgers, driving Uber and freelance editing work. Can you help a dad out and tell my son that it will hurt his chances of getting a job after graduation if he doesn’t have a proper internship?

Oh, Pops. I would love to be able to help you. I feel you, I really do.

But I can’t tell your son something that isn’t true.

Lots of parents — myself included — have grown children who are still on the payroll post college.

And your son isn’t hitting you up for money — he’s planning to pay his own way.

I admire that, and you should, too.

Also, I’m sure that you didn’t mean to service-sector shame, but really, Dad — trolling hard work?

I, for one, am grateful to everyone in the service sector, particularly those who know how to make a perfect medium-rare burger, or the driver who picks me up and drops me off safely.

You may want more for your son as a career after college and that’s OK, if that’s what he wants.

Enjoy your son, and maybe take a trip with him.

Gregory Giangrande has over 25 years of experience as a chief human resources executive. Hear Greg Weds. at 9:35 a.m. on iHeartRadio 710 WOR with Len Berman and Michael Riedel. Email: GoToGreg@NYPost.com. Follow: GoToGreg.com and on Twitter: @GregGiangrande

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Can we approach our boss together so no one’s the fall guy?

My boss is driving us all crazy. She’s a micromanager and doesn’t realize that her actions are causing a lot of stress and unhappiness. She doesn’t seem open to feedback, and no one wants to say anything for fear of the reaction or retaliation. Should we go to her and say something as a team, so that there’s no one person who needs to shoulder the responsibility?

Oooh, kind of like “Murder on the Orient Express”? Spoiler alert if you haven’t seen the movie, but you are all going to kill your careers together. OK, perhaps I have a flair for the dramatic, but unless you speak as a chorus, someone will have to take the lead. It would feel like an intervention, and I can’t imagine a team actually pulling this off. Is there a highest ranking person or someone who is a trusted confidante who can help provide feedback? Does the leader have a coach, or is there a review process where feedback can be given? You don’t really know if someone is open to feedback unless you give them a chance to demonstrate how they react. And sometimes that brave person develops a closer relationship as a result.

My son graduates next May and instead of looking for a job, he’s thinking of going straight to graduate school to study business. Is this a good idea?

A mom wonders if her son should head to business school or get a job after graduation.
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Education is always a good idea, but how to make the most of the opportunity varies. A master’s degree in business without any work experience is not nearly as marketable as it is for someone who has worked for at least a year or two. The work experience will also make the education experience that much more rewarding and instructional. So, if the strategy is to have a leg up on the competition to land a job, it isn’t the best one. However, sometimes, for many reasons, people aren’t ready to begin their careers, in which case education is a fine option to help prepare for that next chapter of their life — and preferable to playing video games on the couch in the basement.

Gregory Giangrande has over 25 years of experience as a chief human resources executive. Hear Greg Weds. at 9:35 a.m. on iHeartRadio 710 WOR with Len Berman and Michael Riedel. E-mail: GoToGreg@NYPost.com. Follow: GoToGreg.com and on
Twitter: @GregGiangrande

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