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“If it involves money. It’ll be on our platform. Money or securities or whatever. So, it’s not just like send $20 to my friend. I’m talking about, like, you won’t need a bank account.”

Well that sounds terrifying!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes a notable exception. Twitter was 8% H1-B employees prior to all the layoffs. We don’t know how many are there still.

Those folks are really living with a totally different level of concerns. “My boss is a raging asshole” is not a significant concern compared to being forced to leave the country.

As for the other 92% of the company with no visa concerns, why are any of them still there? I am tempted to assume they’re the coasters who don’t think they can find as good a paycheck anywhere else, or are just happy to ride the ship down.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe they think the disaster will end, maybe they have families to support, maybe they would rather be fired and collect unemployment. Many years ago I worked for a company that got bought by Teledyne and they pretty much did what is happening to Twatter. I stuck it out until the end.