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Summary and Conclusion

Transferring jobs overseas can be more of a hassle than a blessing and in ValiCert's case it was. Problems with communications and misunderstandings plagued the company. Before the job transfers, employees who needed a quick chat would just talk over the cubicle wall with the next employee but with the overseas jobs, some assignments would take months to write detailed instructions. New projects would become delayed and mistrust would thrive within the company. The company became unstable and its finances slowly declined.
However, there are a few pros to what seems like a handful of cons, the work shift to India did help cut ValiCert's engineering costs by 65 percent. It also allowed ValiCert to be acquired by Tumbleweed Communications Corp., makers of anti-spam software with an offshore operation in Bulgaria. Today, the combined Tumbleweed is growing and it still hiring employees and software architects in Silicon Valley with 6 figure incomes.
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