bangalored

to lose your job to an overseas company

TRANSLATION

bangalored = den Job zu verlieren, weil der Arbeitgeber die Stelle, bzw. den Standort in ein Billiglohnland verlegt

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

Americans might protest at being BANGALORED, but Bangaloreans themselves are confused, not knowing how to deal with the outsourcing phenomenon. It has added momentum to the city; more jobs, more spending power, bigger malls, better cars and expensive restaurants...

The Hindu Business Line

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bangalored
informal


- if someone or their job is Bangalored, they lose their job because the work has been moved to another country where labour is cheaper.

Macmillan Dictionary

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WORD ORIGIN

The practice of outsourcing white-collar jobs to low wage countries such as India has led to passionate debates, especially in the United States and Britain. The IT industry in particular has taken note of India’s highly-educated, English-speaking workforce. As a result, Bangalore has been transformed into what some call India’s Silicon Valley. And for those who have lost their job due to overseas sourcing, "bangalored" serves as a cynical way to express their frustration.

China's booming economy and cheap source of labour has also attracted lots of Western companies. This has led to a similar expression, "shanghaied", meaning that one's job has been outsourced to China.

Note that Shanghaied also means to force someone to go somewhere or do something against their will. At the end of the 19th century, trading ships on the west coast of the United States experienced a shortage of manpower because the crews were abandoning their jobs to seek their fortunes in the Gold Rush hills of California. Ship owners took the drastic measure of kidnapping enough men to keep their ships running. Because many of these ships sailed to Shanghai, this practice was called "shanghaiing."

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Practice OWAD in a conversation today, say something like:

"There's talk that more jobs in IT might soon be BANGALORED."

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