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well, hiring from silicon valley for one thing
by rtpg 12y ago
well, hiring from silicon valley for one thing
- k-mcgrady 12y agoBut my point is that the hiring pool is already huge (the entire EU). Are there lots of people in SV who want to move to London and who have skills that nobody in the EU does?
- ryanjshaw 12y agoI'm in South Africa. I work for a global company with offices in London. I have very specific knowledge that makes me a natural candidate for employment by the London office that nobody in the EU would have. But I have private life and certain freedoms here in South Africa, which I have to give up to work in the UK under the current visa scheme. I would have to terminate all my side projects that earn revenue, and only work on non-income generating projects - or perhaps become a couch potato. How does that benefit the UK, bearing in mind I can easily get the visa with these restrictions? All the UK is going to end up with, under this policy, is a majority of migrants with no dreams to do anything bigger than what their boss tells them to do.
- k-mcgrady 12y agoThanks. Like I said in the original comment I'm for opening up immigration. I just wonder how many people there are like you. Are there enough to convince government the spend the time and money to change the immigration laws.
- nsomaru 12y agoAdd me to that list. Also from South Africa.
- ryanjshaw 12y ago> Are there enough to convince government the spend the time and money to change the immigration laws I'm expressing my hope that the UK returns to the pre-2010 highly skilled migrant policy. There was a reason for that policy; had they not stuffed around with it to make a particularly weak political statement, this situation wouldn't exist to rectify.
- walshemj 12y agoCan you not get an intra company transfer?
- walshemj 12y agoAnd cant move on intra company transfer