<p>There was outsourcing in the mid-late 80’s where a company would bring 4 Indian software dudes to the US, put them in a 2 bedroom apartment, provide a rusted out Civic, and pay India wages (then a few hundred dollars a month) + cost of living allowance (equally low). The SE Michigan had tons of such workers. Legit outsourcing as we know it started pre Y2K and job cuts began full force after 2001 or so.</p>