One very real benefit to the org is that it’s much easier to recruit people with specialized skills. I recently posted a job opening for a Staff Eng position wi

One very real benefit to the org is that it’s much easier to recruit people with specialized skills. I recently posted a job opening for a Staff Eng position with very specific requirements and got a dozen very highly-qualified applicants, including some who are literally world class. Only one was located in my city. (To be fair, I’m pretty well known in the industry I was recruiting for, and presenting an extremely attractive opportunity for those people to work in a way few companies will allow. So maybe I would have gotten just as many star applicants if they had been required to move. But somehow I doubt it.) On the less positive side for US workers, it also opens the doors to hiring workers from places with lower cost of living. We can hire two engineers in Latam for the cost of one in the US, and three in India.