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by missedthecue 1251 days ago
When GM or Ford wants to outsource, they need to pour billions into new plants in Alabama or Mexico or other non-UAW locations.

If google wanted to outsource, they could hire people globally, with very little cost or efficiency loss. All else being equal, a dev in Baton Rouge (or Bogota, or Buenas Aires, or Bangalore) is as productive as one in San Jose. And it doesn't cost anything extra to bring one on.
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doctorwho42 1250 days ago
Then why haven't they? I doubt the efficiency claim.
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missedthecue 1249 days ago
They have. Google used to be mostly Palo Alto (and foreign branch offices) and now they're much much less Palo Alto.
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