[_pmf_]

> My best guess is that Jack plans to move the company headquarters out of the US which would explain why he chose to allow remote work indefinitely.

So he can have HQ in a cheap country, but pay SV salaries to the now remote workers in SV? Does not make much sense to me.

[hadtodoit]

They have survived so far paying SV salaries. The non-engineering positions are practically disposable but they make up a considerable amount of bloat at many companies. Now would be an ideal time to trim the fat.