Google lays off hundreds of 'Core' employees, moves some positions to India and Mexico

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Google lays off hundreds of 'Core' employees, moves some positions to India and Mexico
cnbc.com

Google is laying off more employees and hiring for their roles outside of the U.S.

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Why pay someone $200k/yeae when someone will do the job for $80k/year?

Assuming the same job's quality, a possible answer is "because to live where your company is you need to be paid $200K/year"

That presumes an interest in your survival...

“because to live where your company is you need to be paid $200K/year”

How do people live in these areas without making $200k/year?

They cannot, that is the reason you need to pay that much to work for you.

So nobody lives in these areas that makes under $200k/year?

Even the janitors?

I don't know, but if they live there, I think they have it that good.

It is more (way more) probable that they just commute far enough away from there to have lower housing cost