LiveJournal’s Staffing Changes…

LiveJournal apparently released the news that they are downsizing and moving some of their development operations to Moscow but are keeping their ostensible headquarters in the San Francisco area.  This means that people in the United States of America lost work so Sergei and Ivan can work for lower wages.  At least that’s how I, as an unemployed United States citizen, see it.  They sent out an email to their members that reiterates this, as they are obviously attempting to do some damage control before the potentially rabid reaction of internet users bites back.

I become more and more irritated with each new company that moves operations overseas.  We need to be patronizing businesses (and websites) that hire from within our own country and don’t outsource to offshore companies. 

I don’t think that’s too terribly much to ask…

What’s your opinion?  What’s your take on keeping jobs in the country when our economy is sucking great balls of wax?

UPDATE March 29, 2009:  LiveJournal was acquired by a Russian company in 2007.