Because being in roughly the same timezone as the people you’re managing is underrated.

giantg2 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

This is mostly just a benefit for mixed teams. If you have entire departments offshore, then you have less cross-zone interaction.

kelvinjps 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Does it matter for a company at the size of Google?

	▲	disgruntledphd2 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, as platform teams are generally colocated somewhere else.