I work for []. They've had various offshored positions for years, working as outside contractors. For the last several years, they've been opening foreign offic

I work for []. They've had various offshored positions for years, working as outside contractors. For the last several years, they've been opening foreign offices and hiring direct employees of the corporation. Last year across some US-based offices, they split the employees into three groups, each roughly 1/3 of the office. Group 1 had their last day of work that day. Group 2 was told that they'd be training their replacements for the next 3-12 months, with large bonuses (60% of their wages for the time) if they stayed as long as the company wanted. Group 3 still works there (except the smarter ones who have bailed). After* that day, they increased hiring in certain foreign countries known for having lower wages. I've been watching coworkers doing "Transfers Of Information" to the people replacing them. If we could live in my area on wages similar to what is reasonable in the foreign workers' hometowns, maybe we could compete for the positions.