Comment on Elon Musk loses fight with ex-Twitter staffer, must pay $600K

fubarx@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  H1B hostages

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• FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A lot of them are immigrants who will be deported if they lose the job. I know I’d rather live in either California or Texas than a lot of places in India.

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  • Sethayy@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So slaves?

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Essentially, yes. But slaves who apparently feel like the alternative is worse. Obviously, that doesn’t justify anything, it just makes it even more depressing.

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      • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        There was a never a slave who thought the alternative was better.

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• RunawayFixer@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  In 2022 there were some stories of how people on work visas were unable to jump ship while others were fleeing en masse. And now after all the tech layoffs in the USA, I imagine that finding another company to sponsor their visa, has become a lot harder still. So that’s one group still working there: people who will be deported if they lose their job.

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• wccrawford@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I have never worked there (or any other major tech company) but if I had a job there, I wouldn’t give it up until I’d found another job. Perhaps the people there aren’t going crazy at the job hunt and still just haven’t found another job they want.

  It’s really easy to think “all the layoffs are over and I made it” and “job hunting is painful, I don’t want to do it today” and just coast for a long time.

  I’m sure every awful thing he does spurs another effort for job hunting, but unless the job actually makes them work harder or fires them, it probably doesn’t change much for them.

  Also, they get paid a lot more than I do, and sometimes it’s worth the pain to keep raking in that cash.

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• Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Most of these tech companies pay really well, although you can argue about the benefits of that when most of your money goes towards paying for a landlord’s retirement.

  The boss may be a complete bell-end but most of them will never have to deal with him.

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