[einszwei]

This is real. I work at one of the big tech and have access to their internal head count breakdowns. The overall headcount is mostly stagnant but the US headcount is decreasing with a corresponding increase in Europe and mostly India based HC.

[bigfatkitten]

The company I just left is firing as many people in the US as possible and rehiring primarily in India, with Dublin and Toronto by exception.

FedRAMP requires US persons on US soil, and so as far as Americans are concerned, only senior management and people working on the federal business are safe.

[porridgeraisin]

> requires US persons on US soil

Is that true for everyone involved in the project? One of my friends works on a FedRamp project from Pune. Most engg and PMs are in Pune. Maybe the top mgmt and VPs need to be US-based?

[bigfatkitten]

No, just the people with privileged access to the system because of the way the data residency, personnel screening and other requirements interact.

You can have PMs or software engineers writing code from anywhere you like, but your engineers in Pune can’t go poking around your FedRAMP High prod environment.

[vachina]

Shocking. Expect software quality to take a nosedive.

[vjvjvjvjghv]

Same at my company. No new hiring in the US.