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Define: "Right-shoring" in Business
Fiscal Threat Level
SEVERE
Catastrophic fiscal burn
CWO Pro-Tip
"Update your resume. They are coming for your job next."
What HR thinks it means:
The strategic placement of business processes in geographic locations that offer the best combination of cost and efficiency.
What does "Right-shoring" actually mean?
"Firing the senior engineering staff to hire a team of offshore techs who don't have enable rights on the firewalls."
How HR uses it:
"Our right-shoring strategy will optimize our global delivery model."
How you actually use it:
"The new right-shoring initiative means my escalation path is now a generic inbox in another hemisphere."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
Published: 2026-04-23