> I'm always amazed at all the developers who are in favor of remote work....as long as you don't offshore.... Think of it rather as "who are in favor of remot

> I'm always amazed at all the developers who are in favor of remote work....as long as you don't offshore.... Think of it rather as "who are in favor of remote work as long as it doesn't end up pushing them out of a job if they don't leave their home country" and it might make more sense. The answer is because it harms _my_ financial prospect in favor of someone _else_'s just so that executives can further consolidate wealth at the top. > If I'm going to hire remote workers why wouldn't I hire great talent in Vietnam or China or Poland instead of in the US Right. If you're going to hire. But that ignores the "if I'm going to get hired" side of the equation which affects significantly more people. You can replace "remote" with "manufacturing" and trace the economic collapse of middle America. Hiring great talent in Vietnam, China, or Poland may be great for people in Vietnam, China, and Poland, but that doesn't come for free for US workers. Are US workers more important than Vietnamese workers? No, of course not. But if you live anywhere in the US then you literally cannot live on a typical Hanoi salary, and that has real consequences.