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They really should offer to relocate them to the US
by kylec 17y ago
They really should offer to relocate them to the US
- barrkel 17y agoUnless Google has closer ties to the government than I was aware of, they don't necessarily have that power.
- TallGuyShort 17y agoIt's relatively easy for a company to relocate employees, as long as it has a reasonable need for specifically those people. If it wants skilled employees with a native-level knowledge of the language and culture, it wouldn't be hard to relocate them. Having said that, it's entirely possible that those employees don't want to be relocated. If my company's relations soured in my country, I'd rather quit and find a new job then leave for the company.
- barrkel 17y agoRe relocating to the US, specifically: I've been through the H-1B visa process - I have the visa, but I never actually jumped. Quite apart from times when it's oversubscribed and becomes a lottery, there are any number of small hurdles you could fail on. But if it's relocation to anywhere not-China, then yes, that ought not to be too difficult.
- netcan 17y agoThat would have interesting implications. If Google relocated a large number of employees someplace with a pleasant immigration process, I mean.
- jrockway 17y agoThere are visas other than H-1B. And, Google just needs to get the people out of Mainland China. If their safety is in danger for actions that they had no control over, I'm sure some country will give them asylum. Or maybe China realizes that it lost, and will model the rest of the country after Hong Kong. (Remember, Hong Kong is technically mainland China.)
- TallGuyShort 17y agoI've been through the same process, and all those hurdles are extremely easy to avoid and/or overcome if a company has a decent set of lawyers who deal with this thing. That kind of resource is easily within Google's reach, especially judging by the number of other companies who have legal departments dedicated to the process.
- ErrantX 17y agoOf course the other possibility is they are with Google on this and are willing to face it out if needed.
- mjhnghfh 17y agoSure just make sure they don't have the words, gambling, DRM, downloading, torrent, drugs, porn etc in the code and they won't be detained in the US.