you can easily find a good offshore team with good work ethics, usually better educated and more experienced at a reasonable price.
i have seen more hapless managers than poor offshore developers, it takes dedication to manage an offshore team, a daily standup is not enough, you need to communicate effectively.
if you're a small shop than you will find yourself doing the management out of necessity (you can't be burning cash and seeing no return). if you're a big company however (and i mean top end of Fortune500) then definitely ask your boss whether you can vet and get involved in the hiring process ( i say this because big companies have contracts with offshore consultancies and don't really look at small things like individual developer's experience when hiring the consultancy)
Communicate, Trust and organise physical visits (both ways)
i have seen more hapless managers than poor offshore developers, it takes dedication to manage an offshore team, a daily standup is not enough, you need to communicate effectively.
if you're a small shop than you will find yourself doing the management out of necessity (you can't be burning cash and seeing no return). if you're a big company however (and i mean top end of Fortune500) then definitely ask your boss whether you can vet and get involved in the hiring process ( i say this because big companies have contracts with offshore consultancies and don't really look at small things like individual developer's experience when hiring the consultancy)
Communicate, Trust and organise physical visits (both ways)