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"Turned out we couldn't [find a Brit to do the job]." You genuinely couldn't find one? What kind of skills were you looking for?

• spacecowboy_lon 11y ago
  And how much did the OP offer
• lifeisstillgood 11y ago
  Had to be willing to put up with me ... Very rare skill set :-) Yes, we should plan and prepare for non uk workers leaving. Just as for uk workers. But that is no way to build a team, saying, "dont do anything that we cannot hide someone else to do just as well". That's a race for the bottom. You hire the best you can, trust them as much as you can and push them as far as you can. The results almost always pay you back. If that process will come to a natural halt on its own rhythms then fine. But When halfway through this process the men in black knock on the door and chuck your people out, phrases like "should have prepared better" aren't much help. Every start up has people that it relies on - eventually they automate themselves away, and move on tot the next thing you totally rely on. But take them away for whatever reason and you is stuffed. If immigration rules say ... You can lose that person with not a lot of notice, then really they are saying, only hire British. That annoys me
  • maffydub 11y ago
    ;) So how much notice did you get that your employee would need to leave the UK? Was it that their visa was suddenly withdrawn, or was it that their visa was expiring but you hoped (but ultimately failed) to get it renewed? I'm only asking because I haven't really come across this before - I know of cases where there's a lot of effort to get a visa but, generally, once they've got one, it's been pretty smooth.