> As soon as a company's IT department is practically fully remote, why should they page a German wage for someone who is a face on a screen, when they can pay

> As soon as a company's IT department is practically fully remote, why should they page a German wage for someone who is a face on a screen, when they can pay a fraction for that same face broadcasted from a few hundred kilometers further east or south Based on my understanding, there aren't a plethora of opportunities to outsource work cheaper than good German devs. I say this having worked for a German company with some excellent developers. Hiring a good developer from India would actually cost a German company more than hiring one from Germany (even if it's a remote job). This question is definitely relevant to U.S. workers though, but I think the U.S.-based companies preferring workers in their own time zones prevents cheaper off-shore remote alternatives from being hired en masse.