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If the foreign candidates were so much superior than locally born candidates as you explained, why not just open a campus in that country and thus save the best
by guestbest 1y ago
If the foreign candidates were so much superior than locally born candidates as you explained, why not just open a campus in that country and thus save the best employees from having to uproot from their native culture?
- lokar 1y agoGood question. In many cases they did. The Zurich office has people from all over Europe. But, for existing teams they wanted (reasonably) to avoid splitting between locations. So you need someone local.
- disgruntledphd2 1y agoI think the real reason for hiring locally is both that communication works better, and that the higher ups don't want to give the impression that their jobs could also be outsourced.
- ajmurmann 1y agoTime zones can be a real issue even with remote work. There are of course also arguments for in-person collaboration.