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Is this because of diversity? I know diversity has been all the rage, and yes, we have been offshoring our manufacturing, customer service, and tech overseas for quite some time now. And I constantly wonder, are the cheaper wages really worth the price, given the language and cultural barriers? How much time is wasted due to bad communication, for example? I think it's a lot, especially more so in the tech arena; then again, that's the field I know the most about. I often feel that normal business communications are missing context and explanation. For example, during a code review, the following conversation happened: Coworker: this is incorrect Andrew: What should the correct value be? Coworker: This service is supposed to sit ouside as independent solution. You have to bring dev|int working url instead. I still don't know what the correct value should be. Copilot said: Copilot Now you finally have the missing piece from coworkers comment, and it actually cl...