Netflix recommended I might want to watch a little humorous bit about a fella (Josh Hamilton) who has to go to India to train his replacement when his job is outsourced.

While it's probably not entirely representative of the issues at hand, and does get a little caught up in a whirlwind summer romance, it does bring about some of the cultural differences between the groups involved. Some humorous moments as Hamilton gets used to the way things are done in India, as well as when he tries to embark some "how to seem American" advice to his new charges. He does a good job of starting out as a kind but disgruntled company man, working hard as he was promised a promotion upon his return. He starts with a "why don't you just get it?" attitude, and quickly learns that these aren't some kind of opportunists, but just people looking to get good jobs, and who have good work ethics,skills, and ideas as well.

The movie seemed to skirt any deeply political or specific personal issues, but did touch on some of the difficulties related to outsourcing and accepting outsourcing as a new reality. I've not directly lost my job to an outsourcing operation, but have had plenty of opportunity to work with the "outsourcers," and they run the gamut of good to bad, just like anyone in any office might run. The movie hit on some of the queries I've fielded for visitors here, as well as touched on some of the quirks and differences I've had to explain or work around; the least of these is that most of those in India working on projects here are working overnight there to match our daytime here...

I'm in software, while he's in catalog call-center sales, but I'm sure Netflix didn't know about how close outsourcing is related to my field; it was picked because I'd mentioned I liked another movie with Hamilton in it, and probably some India-located films like Slum Dog Millionare, or other-how India-related movies like The Guru.