I've had things like "management will stay onshore" and "capital work will stay onshore" given to me too.  Given that at least in India, there's a career path from programmer to tech manager to ... and in the US there isn't, I don't see how "management" and/or "design" will stay onshore.<p>My only option is to believe that "management/design stays onshore" is a way to keep current mid-level managers from pulling the ripcord right now, and at least getting all the programming and the technical managers offshore before everyone below director-level wises up.