Microsoft working with Washington State on suit against Trump immigration order

Re:Microsoft working with Washington State on suit against T... by not_debt on Monday January 30, 2017 @07:56PM (#13526550)

I work for Microsoft and while I am not personally affected by this executive order, we all received an email which stated that there are a number of Microsoft employees who are.

So it's no surprise that Microsoft are coming out on the side of their employees, and indeed on the benefits of immigration in general - I know from being tangentially involved in some of the hiring process that it's exceedingly difficult to fill certain positions without looking abroad, as the talent is spread globally.

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Re:Microsoft working with Washington State on suit against T... by dingaling on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @02:01AM (#13528401)

> it's exceedingly difficult to fill certain positions without looking abroad

Why not train people to fill those positions? That then creates a process for filling the positions again in the future, instead of having to constantly return to the job market.

It also gives employees a career track and aspirations, instead of having outsiders ( irrelvant whether from other companies or countries ) air-dropped into juicy positions.

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