>> I think the "lab space" requirement is going to drive a lot of the WFH-or-not office space planning among employers that don't fall into the "come in for no reason other than I said so" category.
I wonder if there will be a another push for those jobs to go to lower cost countries.
Some of those jobs are already in lower cost countries but some can't be outsourced because they rely on military contracts (can only be worked on by US employees).
I once worked on an offshore company that did staff augmentation for american robotics companies, we did mostly software because the hardware was illegal to export.
There may be a lot of cost savings in labor but there’s a huge risk in technology transfer & following lab protocols. In biotech lab culture and best practices are actually a tighter package than “low” skill factory work. So you get really variable outcomes when you unbundle the lab.
I wonder if there will be a another push for those jobs to go to lower cost countries.