*We are a global movement with global projects and global goals.*
Indeed we are! But allow me to play devil's advocate here:
- How would you run HR meetings? Is it feasible to use videoconferencing? - What are the additional costs involved with this approach? Are there local taxes that would need administrating and paying? Would you need a HR team who can handle - Does it increase the WMF's liability if they have a permanent staff presence in another country (eg., EU data protection laws, or UK libel laws)? - What are the insurance implications of staff remote-working from (say) Ghana or India? - If employees from one country are entitled to certain privileges by law - eg paid paternity leave, or minimum break times - does that automatically get extended to others around the world? If not, will it create resentment between people who do the same job in different countries?
I'm not offering an opinion on this either way, but these are important things to consider if there is going to be a change.
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On 24 July 2013 15:10, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov < dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov@gmail.com> wrote:
And it has additional problems like finding technical staff at a
reasonable
price there and having to relocate people from all over the world, when some development centers could be open at other locations too, which
might
be cheaper:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_budget#Development_centers_in_...
Why is this not done? Wikidata is being developed that way, so it is possible. Is there anything against repeating the experience?
I am thinking the same thing every time I read that "it is hard to find programmers in San Francisco for the offered salary" (a recurring statement over the years). We are a global movement with global projects and global goals. Secondly, in the IT industry having several locations on a global scale is more than common. Thridly, in the software engineering field employees are paid "good" salaries even in poor countries (albeit comparatively cheaper than in the Silicon Valley). Therefore we wouldn't have to worry about being accused of abusing underpaid labour.
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