[readyforbrunch]

It's not offshoring in the same way as it was 20 years ago. They are remote employees, they go through the same hiring process as everyone else but at 50% the price. And remote work is much, much more accessible.

Remote workers located in HCOL areas of US and Europe have shot themselves in the foot. I see it especially in the market for native mobile development in Western Europe. Salaries decreasing, freelance rates dropping. There is plenty of work, but positions are filled with workers living in the South or East.

As hiring manager, if I'm going to hire someone who works remote, I will pick the person with the same skillset and experience at half the cost.

[zlurker]

Timezones still play a huge part here as well. My team has several engineers who are at par compared to the rest of the team but they're a pain to work with due to a 10 Hour time difference.They may be paid 50% less but they're 50% harder to work with to no real fault of their own

[http-teapot]

Engineers in LATAM are increasingly popular for that reason; the timezone difference is about four hours from PST and about one hour from EST.

[486sx33]

50% of the price is quite nieve It’s much less than that. No health care no benefits no pension. No employer side costs, currency conversion to your advantage. 15-20 % is the number that makes it worth it. Bell Canada achieved under 10% in the early 00’s offshoring support to India

[j45]

50% is often the number talked about in public while its much higher in reality as you are saying.

[swader999]

Saw Suncor try the offshore to India on their major app around 2014. Commit history a few years later barely changed.

[turtlebits]

The benefit of living in a HCOL area isn't just salary. If you own property you've been getting huge gains in value.

[01HNNWZ0MV43FF]

That's a loophole, though, hopefully it'll close in my lifetime