The terms offshoring, outsourcing, and onshoring are used almost interchangeably to refer to the allocation of intellectual work in the I.T. industry. These terms now have a de-facto definition -- work done by someone other than an American.
To accomplish this, at least in the case of onshoring American hi-tech companies, and even more service firms on other industries, must go to great lengths to import, house, and accommodate the guest workers that have displaced Americans.
Todays's Wall Street Journal exposes the challenges that these guest workers, primarily from India, face in finding mates.
But finding a mate can be easier than finding a job for the guest workers.
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