For
It reduces costs and helps global development.
Against
It takes jobs away from local workers.
Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.
“An intern in EU can cost 2k EUR monthly whilst a manager in Asia costs the same amount.”
“Regional supply chains would also benefit as the they would have 24 hours support from US/EU colleagues and Asia colleagues.”
“Bottom line: If you’re gonna offshore jobs for cheap labor, don’t do it at the cost of people in your own country”
“Lots of IT companies have found outsourcing increases costs as you have to spend more on management”