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What stops them from doing that already? Facebook has offices in Brazil: https://www.facebook.com/careers/locations/saopaulo/?p[offices][0]=São%20Paulo%2C%20Br

• moises_silva 6y ago
  Brazil is a big country, not everyone lives in São Paulo. Why would they close Palo Alto in any case? they want to add to the talent pool, not exchange it. Also, not everywhere you see offices they have engineering teams. The same narrow-minded policies of having teams co-located prevents them from hiring engineers there even if they have offices there. As a data point, I turned down an offer for FB Palo Alto, one of the main reasons being having to relocate from Toronto. They have offices in Toronto, but no engineering. Bottom line, they might have some presence in some major cities, but if they're serious about remote work the talent pool definitely grows significantly.
• highfrequency 6y ago
  Yes, remote work has always been a thing. The claim is that COVID will accelerate the trend toward a global and remote workforce. Companies have been forced into large-scale WFH experiments. If the experiments show that productivity is totally fine without open office plans and in-person collaboration over lunch break, then they will inevitably ask why they shouldn't save a ton of money by hiring a greater proportion of engineers outside of the Bay Area.