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Being an all-remote company allows team members to choose to live and work where they want. This benefit provides folks more choices when deciding where to live
by john_cogs 5y ago
Being an all-remote company allows team members to choose to live and work where they want. This benefit provides folks more choices when deciding where to live and work.
- paxys 5y agoOkay, but why not any of the other 190+ countries? What's so special about that one?
- john_cogs 5y agoFrankly, I can't provide a detailed answer to those questions. This tweet from GitLab's CEO provides some additional context: https://twitter.com/sytses/status/1417617071353991169?s=19 https://twitter.com/sytses/status/1417617071353991169?s=19
- tmp_anon_22 5y agoIts objectively better then most? Is this even in contention?
- coldtea 5y agoYes. It's not only not something "objective", it also has nothing to do with the reason why it's it.
- fabianhjr 5y agoNormally a work visa requires a local "visa sponsor" or employer so Gitlab would only be able to offer relocation to countries where they have a fiscal presence.
- lallysingh 5y ago"No, this is Netherlands only since this is easier for GitLab Inc. to do. We have more team members in the Netherlands and we got accepted in the local European Blue card program years ago (after a business plan review by the government, it wasn't trivial at the time I remember)."
- ev1 5y agoFounder is dutch, most people are in NL, probably
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