[sremani]

My point is there was no good faith effort to retain, the dye has been cast long before and promises were made for optics. You can nitpick this, but that is my larger point, which you seem to validate in your "explanation".

I am not fool enough to think a cost-arbitrage company would hire an American as their first second or third option. Its a given that its only last resort for most cases and that too, it skews to the extremes of competence or keeping the politics stable.

[andrewaylett]

Since you mentioned nit-picking, I'll nit-pick :). You mean "die", as in the singular of "dice".

[aaronblohowiak]

I believe it is a reference to die as in manufacturing dies https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_(manufacturing) basically the phrase is like “the mould is set”

[grzm]

I believe your parent has it right: cast in this case means thrown or tossed. "to cause to move or send forth by throwing cast a fishing lure cast dice", sense 1a here:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cast

- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/the_die_is_cast

- https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/die+is+cast

[aaronblohowiak]

fascinating! thank you!

[35bge57dtjku]

Isn't likely to be from dice because it's such an ancient expression, like from Roman times?

[aninhumer]

Yeah https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alea_iacta_est

[hbarka]

Trivial detour. Remani hits the point.

[walshemj]

Your right which is why the EU has TUPE to stop abuse of employees when a company is taken over.