1 in 5 Companies Replaced Laid Off U.S. Employees With Offshore Workers

Companies are increasingly turning to workers who are abroad to replace laid off U.S. employees. For example, Google recently cut hundreds of core workers and moved jobs to India and Mexico.

To find out if companies are replacing laid off U.S.-based employees with offshore employees, in July, ResumeBuilder.com surveyed 600 business leaders involved in decisions to terminate employees at companies that had layoffs in the past year.

Key findings:

• 30% of companies with recent layoffs replaced laid off U.S. employees with offshore workers
• 24% of companies with recent layoffs plan to terminate and replace U.S. employees with offshore workers in 2025
• Customer service, tech positions were most likely to be taken over by offshore workers
• A quarter of companies that engaged in this practice replaced 50% or more of laid off U.S. employees

3 in 10 Companies With Recent Layoffs Replaced Laid Off U.S. Employees With Offshore Workers

In the past year, 30% of companies that had layoffs (or 19% of all companies) replaced laid off U.S. workers with offshore workers. In contrast, 63% report that they did not engage in this practice, while 7% of respondents were unsure.

Furthermore, of the companies we surveyed that had layoffs in the past year, 24% say they already plan to lay off U.S. workers and replace them with offshore workers in 2025.

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