It's down to the caliber of employees and managers that a company employs (that's the elephant in the room nobody wants to talk about).
In my experience, remote just doesn't work for cheaper (or "best cost" whatever the current term is).
A lot of firms tried "cheaping out" on coders over the years, hiring employees from bootcamps and doing internal coaching. In my experience that breaks down completely when going remote because of the amount of hand-holding required. While they could drop-in and check-in on the coders almost once per hour in office, it's more like once per day when working from home.
Firms that paid more and hired proper Software Engineers don't have the same experience at all, mostly because ICs now have several hours extra per week to concentrate and focus.
It's down to the caliber of employees and managers that a company employs (that's the elephant in the room nobody wants to talk about).
In my experience, remote just doesn't work for cheaper (or "best cost" whatever the current term is).
A lot of firms tried "cheaping out" on coders over the years, hiring employees from bootcamps and doing internal coaching. In my experience that breaks down completely when going remote because of the amount of hand-holding required. While they could drop-in and check-in on the coders almost once per hour in office, it's more like once per day when working from home.
Firms that paid more and hired proper Software Engineers don't have the same experience at all, mostly because ICs now have several hours extra per week to concentrate and focus.