Working for a very large tech company as a technical manager with lots of offshoring to India and outsourcing to East-Europe and the Middle-East it didn't feel

Working for a very large tech company as a technical manager with lots of offshoring to India and outsourcing to East-Europe and the Middle-East it didn't feel there was a difference between how outsourcing and offshoring worked regarding engineer quality or turn around times. But you are right.