In the past, jobs were generally onsite at offices or factories. So those sites had to pay local rates to get staff. Since the Internet and then Covid more jo

In the past, jobs were generally onsite at offices or factories. So those sites had to pay local rates to get staff. Since the Internet and then Covid more jobs are detached from specific sites, for those jobs it's becoming untenable to continue to pretend they must be done from a specific site because the management don't have the skills to run people async. This is a double-edged sword. When places go properly async, your assumptions too about cultural and geographical advantages lose their grip. Rates everywhere might tend towards rates in, eg, India or China.