> Reducing costs by hiring in other countries is not as easy as it seems. Over the last 2 years, my company has had multiple rounds of layoff with US bearing t

> Reducing costs by hiring in other countries is not as easy as it seems. Over the last 2 years, my company has had multiple rounds of layoff with US bearing the brunt of them. All new headcount is in Canada, LATAM and India. India sucks because of timezones and LATAM sucks because of language barriers, but our management loves Canada - cultural compatibility, no language or timezone barriers and Canadian worker is cheaper than even the cheapest US workers. Canada is also opening up its borders big time for "skilled labor", so there will be a downward pressure on wages for a long time.