> Google lays off hundreds of ‘Core’ employees, moves some positions to India and Mexico
capitalists are like "sorry, home office isn't compatible with our company culture, you have to be at the office for productivity reasons. whoops your job is now done via Zoom by someone with a 12h-difference timezone and a tenth of your salary"
We've got an office in India that doesn't do work in India (too competitive and corrupt). Most of their projects are in Europe and North America with the rest in Asia.
The work is done by Sandeep, Sanjay or Sunita, but the people signing off on the work and stamping the drawings are John, Sandra or David.
The client thinks the work is done locally, they're charged local rates, and the company makes a windfall margin by still paying typical Indian salaries.
Though from what I've seen, the overnight shifts usually have comparatively low seniority and less skilled workers, and their turnover is super high because as soon as they get enough experience, they jump to a daytime shift.