Telstra offshores to India to fill new software engineering jobs

Telstra is looking outside Australia to fill many of the 1500 technology roles that were created as part of its massive restructuring.
The carrier announced in June last year it would eliminate 9500 roles but create 1500 new roles, putting net job losses at around 8000 people. At the time, the 1500 roles to be created were characterized as building new capabilities required for the future, in particular, software engineering, information, and cybersecurity”.
However on Wednesday Telstra CEO Andy Penn told a Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) event that the majority of the new roles, to date, had been fulfilled by offshore workers.