International tech giants advertising jobs in South Africa — including internships with Amazon

[mylesillidge]

Amazon, Microsoft, and Google hiring in South Africa — including IT internships

International tech giants Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are advertising jobs in South Africa, including several internships and remote working opportunities.

Together the three tech giants employ nearly two million people worldwide, with Amazon being the most significant contributor with a workforce of 1.6 million.

 

[rvZA]

I am not so lekker sure about this. These companies are slowing down recruitment in the West, publicly announcing it. Why would they be employing here then?

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

I am not so lekker sure about this. These companies are slowing down recruitment in the West, publicly announcing it. Why would they be employing here then?

cheaper slaves available here, like there are in India

 

[rvZA]

cheaper slaves available here, like there are in India

But our unions say workers are the owners of the companies... right?

 

[ConfusedR]

But our unions say workers are the owners of the companies... right?

If that is the case, they will actually, very quickly, realize that money is not free.

 

[randomcat]

cheaper slaves available here, like there are in India

Undoubtedly this.
Amazon can afford to pay their interns R43k and they will still be considered cheap labour because their overseas equivalent would be almost 3x more expensive.

 

[Mystic Twilight]

But our unions say workers are the owners of the companies... right?

Are there even unions for IT workers, and I mean core IT positions, not sales and admin who just happen to work in the IT space.