What's the point of bringing in workers into US just to have them work remotely from home? At that point why not have them work remotely from other side of ocean.

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throwup238 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Cultural and timezone alignment. We’ve been here before with the outsourcing wave 20 years ago. The answers are still the same, remote is just a job perk.

	▲	michaelt 23 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Before Covid-19, when you asked tech folks about outsourcing to central American countries (or even within the US to places with lower wages than the bay area), the answer would always be "nothing can replace in-person meetings around a real whiteboard"

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Melatonic 26 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Taxes probably. And you can bring them in if necessary occasionally.

It's a lot less accounting work to have most of your workers in the same state. Imagine single workers or small groups in many different countries.

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