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UCSF signs $50 million contract with HCL to outsource tech jobs (San Francisco Chronicle)

October 27, 2016

University of California San Francisco signed a five-year contract worth $50 million with HCL Technologies, one of India’s largest IT providers, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. UCSF plans to lay off dozens of tech workers and outsource about a fifth of its information technology systems jobs to India, a move the university says will save it about $30 million over five years. It has also outsourced contracts for IT security and other specialized services. Other University of California campuses — particularly those with medical schools — may follow suit. Earlier this year, 250 laid-off tech workers at Walt Disney World in Florida filed a class-action suit against Disney, HCL and another outside vendor, claiming that the businesses collaborated to replace them with immigrant workers brought in on temporary H-1B visas.