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Developer outsourced his own job to China; watched cat videos before getting fired

John Callaham — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:17:21 +0000

A recent Verizon security blog entry tells the interesting tale of "Bob", a developer who illegally got teams in China to do his job so he could go on Reddit and watch cat videos before he was fired. Read more...

AT&T to Take Back Outsourced Jobs

Christopher Vendemio — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 23:12:53 +0000

AT&T announced Thursday it will bring home approximately 2,000 technical support jobs that had been handled by outside providers. The U.S. phone giant said it will use in-house employees to assist customers with their self-installation... Read more...

Microsoft: Core Longhorn work not outsourced

Fri, 30 Jul 2004 20:07:46 +0000

Microsoft has denied reports by the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers (WashTech) that it's outsourcing core development to Indian contractors. Earlier this week the WashTech reported that Microsoft was planning on outsourcing the core... Read more...