This is a loaded topic. On one hand I do work for a large European enterprise with a branch in India. I know for a fact that it adds a lot of social and cultur

This is a loaded topic. On one hand I do work for a large European enterprise with a branch in India. I know for a fact that it adds a lot of social and cultural overhead to co-operate with a remote branch who barely speak English. They're great for specific tasks, like 24/7 ops and monitoring. As long as there are clear instructions. On the other hand I'm an idealist at heart who believes that borders should go away and we should work together as one world. But it might be a bit too naive to think that utopia is around the corner just because IT techs are working remotely. So I'd have to say that OP is wrong. For more than one reason. We're also contractually obliged to hire citizens for certain private sector clients. And in some cases we have to go even further and security rate them. But regardless of my experiences there will always be people who shine and hopefully get picked up by a remote employer who treats them well. Our branch might be ~60 people, I've worked with only a handfull of them for 3 years and still managed to meet one or two who really went above and beyond to show that they cared about their work.