@lomanfeusagach @beeoproblem @herid @caseyliss @gruber It's really not that easy, though. The new company has to be able and willing to sponsor you, and go through a lengthy process to interview and hire any new individual who requires a visa. Larger companies have a process, but startups aren't set up for it. Anyone living in that place of vulnerability will undoubtedly be trying to find a new sponsor, but it can take years for all the elements to call into place.
@AshleyMarineP @lomanfeusagach @beeoproblem @caseyliss @gruber
wait, **years** ?! I would have thought that anyone working at twitter would have a fairly easy time finding a new employer. But I am not in tech so perhaps that was naive.
@herid @lomanfeusagach @beeoproblem @caseyliss @gruber Hiring in the industry has changed so much in the last year. Many companies are on hiring freeze. If they're in a leadership position they have a better chance but just being a staff engineer, for example, doesn't carry the weight that it used to. Unless they're a specialist in something there's no reason for a company to go through the added work of sponsoring someone when there are thousands of other engineers searching at the same time.
@AshleyMarineP @lomanfeusagach @beeoproblem @caseyliss @gruber thanks. that was educational. things work very differently in academia. Poor English is a big minus too because people have to teach but retaliation by the current employer for looking for a new job is not a thing.
@AshleyMarineP
I am not certain as it's been a long time since I have dealt with this but I don't think anything is required from twitter in this situation except letting US immigration know that someone has been fired. but even if they don't I believe that doesn't hinder any prospective new employer from submitting a change of employer H1B petition.
@herid That's good to know, at least!
@herid @lomanfeusagach @beeoproblem @caseyliss @gruber I don't know the specific risks of this is the US, but it's also possible that, if Twitter fires someone who has a visa and doesn't file the proper paperwork, it could leave them in a limbo state and damage their ability to be sponsored by someone else.
Twitter isn't even properly giving people notice, there is no way they would follow through properly with immigration.