Arianna Huffington’s Hypocrisy On ‘Un-American’ Outsourcing

Usually any job listing with "rock star" involves multi-level marketing. I wouldn't rule it out with Huffington.

@Aaron Altman: teambuuur

@Dave J.: Which is pretty much exactly what that linked New Republic article says. Y Kant Dave J. Read?

This is completely unsurprising to me. Doesn't anyone remember how horrible she was while trying to run her (now ex) husband's campaign for CA governor back in the 1990s? She was as conservative as you can get. Now she's a liberal, allegedly. I don't believe a word she says. She's an opportunist, pure and simple.

Hmmm, to be a "rockstar" developer do I have to do a lot of coke? And currently I only have 6 groupies, is that rockstar enough? or just indie garage band level?

DesirooForYou

@HiredGoons: Whatever you do, don't imagine her saying "timbre."

@TedSez: I give this two kudos.

goetz

If hiring domestically yielded that ACTIVATE 09 logo, maybe she's got the right idea.

goetz

@Aaron Altman: I can't stand the timbre of that woman's voice.

At least she didn't plagiarize... oh, wait.

It's funny... People in many other countries are willing to work far cheaper than Americans. But I bet far fewer of them would be dumb enough to work for free, especially just in exchange for some nebulous concept of "exposure."

Predicted response: "But I'm paying them in American dollars, Mr. Tate. I'm doing my bit for king and country!"

this is kind of sad. you can basically hire "rock star developers" for a third of what the going rate used to be in new york, right now, since so many of them are floating around! does she not realize what year it is?

The only issue that I have with this is the hypocrisy. I don't want American's to be deprived of jobs, but I understand that if her business doesn't do well in the long term because she is making poor fiscal decisions, then eventually no one will be employed by the HuffPo. I know that many of her people work for free, but not everyone does. Spending on advertising by companies is being checked, which means that her revenues from those sources are affected. That means that like any good business owner she has to look to cut corners. However, if qualified American's are willing to do the job for the same price, then they should be afforded the same opportunity that their foreign counterparts are.

I hate this. What do you do when you're in a Linked-In group that's busily discussing how they can save money by outsourcing work? I just want to blow everyone up!

Whether they're on the left or the right, shady scumbags be shady scumbags.

sloanish

@raincoaster:
Nerds? I suppose all you journalist/blogger types thought that the Yearbook Committee and HS newspaper were staffed by the "cool kids." Umm, no.

Gawkerati

@Dave J.: My only question before passing this ad along to all my developer friends is, is she going to keep the nerds's passports, and lock them in the Developers' Quarters after their shifts are done?

Blame Canada.

Are you surprised? I see a lot of job postings from reputable 'American' companies specifically seeking non-US based developers. Not that anything is wrong with it; but, it is the hypocrisy of republicans/democrate law makers that pisses me off.

tillman

This is weird. Why would they specifically ask for someone outside the country? I don't get it. I'd think if the issue were salary, they'd entertain any qualified applicants who'd be willing to take what they want to pay. Why would they rule out all U.S. applicants from the get-go unless there were some specific reason that the person needed to be outside the U.S.?

Say what you want about her, but she was great on "Green Acres."

crankymediaguy

@MissNormaDesmond: Skirting labor laws, perhaps?

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