[saiya-jin]

You are mixing up EU and Switzerland, employment laws are very different (and each EU state has its own, but generally much more protective of employees than Swiss ones).

One of the reasons Google has long term big center in Zurich, if grass would be greener (since cheaper it is) in say Germany or Austria they would build there

[bbojan]

> One of the reasons Google has long term big center in Zurich, if grass would be greener (since cheaper it is) in say Germany or Austria they would build there

I don't think Google has an office in Zurich because it's cheap. It's mostly due to a lot of talent available (ETHZ, EFPL, etc).

[IndoCanada]

Offshore centers are cost centers Most important projects are done at the HQ

[ric2b]

Cost centers is a nonsense definition, if they didn't help the company make profit they'd be closed down.