Yeah. Place I was working did a massive layoff at the start of COVID, and immediately began hiring again for the vacated positions. Except now the hires were co

Yeah. Place I was working did a massive layoff at the start of COVID, and immediately began hiring again for the vacated positions. Except now the hires were contractors in Latin America, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe rather than FTEs in the US. I mean no offense to any posters from those locales. You are a human, I respect you and your skills, most of you are probably better at tech than I am. I am glad you have jobs. The point is the company said "OH NO, THE ECONOMY, WE HAVE TO DOWNSIZE, CANNOT AFFORD THIS HEADCOUNT" out of one side of its mouth. While backfilling those vacated spots as fast as it could from lower cost regions. It was a cowardly, calculated move that they had been praying for an excuse to execute.