The Twitter community reacted to this news with derision and malice. "It's beyond absurd," one comment said. Or: "Instead, we demand: and management go to Bangladesh!" Another recommended a book for the new proofreading department in Bosnia: "Duden Schweizerhochdeutsch."
What do other large media companies austria rcs data actually do? "The Blick Group has a central proofreading department on Dufourstrasse in Zurich. There are currently no plans to outsource these activities," Ringer said in response to a query. Ringer's wording is similar for Axel Springer, Tamedia and AZ Medien. All have their proofreading departments in Switzerland. And: "NZZ, NZZaS and magazines are read by our proofreaders in Zurich," stresses spokeswoman Myriam Käser.
Outsourcing - even abroad - can make sense, especially these days. Thanks to complete networking, it really doesn't matter anymore if certain work is done from somewhere in the world. For example, 20min.ch German-speaking Switzerland and heute.at together employ a team of ten permanent commentators in Austria. And that's not all. "To avoid the unpopular night shift in Switzerland, the night shift at Newsexpress is supervised by three freelance employees in Thailand, the Philippines and New Zealand," Tamedia spokesman Christoph Zimmer told