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Re:The 'white-collar bloodbath' is all part of the AI hype m... by guestbest on Friday May 30, 2025 @09:48PM (#44141320)
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?
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Re:The 'white-collar bloodbath' is all part of the AI hype m... by lokar on Friday May 30, 2025 @10:41PM (#44141506)
Good 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.

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Re:The 'white-collar bloodbath' is all part of the AI hype m... by disgruntledphd2 on Saturday May 31, 2025 @03:56AM (#44142731)
I 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.
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Re:The 'white-collar bloodbath' is all part of the AI hype m... by ajmurmann on Saturday May 31, 2025 @10:36AM (#44144563)
Time zones can be a real issue even with remote work. There are of course also arguments for in-person collaboration.
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