(09-05-2021, 01:56 PM)jamincan Wrote: I would personally be surprised to see any of them expand here unless one of them acquired a local company (as Google originally did).
Facebook has been pretty aggressively recruiting remote employees in KW during Covid. If it hit critical mass they might open an office.
I also heard a reliable rumour that pre-Covid Microsoft was looking around. They've been really growing their Canadian engineering org.
Both seem plausible, without requiring an acquisition.
That said, KW is also probably now the tightest tech labour market in Canada. A relatively recent study showed us as having the top tech salaries in Canada, and it's only gotten tighter. Companies may not be looking for another bay area where they're constantly at war for expensive talent, when Toronto has similar talent quality at lower salaries. So I'm not sure just how much significant activity we'll see.