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Re:Things I Learned from a Job Hunt for a Senior Engineering... by woolvalley on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @04:27PM (#16916220)
Firing a person on a work visa is a seriously dick move, especially if they are from china or India, where the waiting lines for a green card is 3-10+ years.
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Re:Things I Learned from a Job Hunt for a Senior Engineering... by khedoros1 on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @04:59PM (#16916516)
If they're literally incompetent or toxic (i.e. "bad"), it's obviously better to find that out during the interview process and not hire them in the first place. The 10 "potential candidates" don't include anyone that the interview process detected as bad.

Interviews are imperfect, and damaging candidates will slip through the cracks. Are you seriously suggesting that a business should decide not to fire someone based on their immigration status, rather than their performance and integration with the team?

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Re:Things I Learned from a Job Hunt for a Senior Engineering... by ojbyrne on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @06:55PM (#16917397)
You can give them plenty of signals that it's time to look for a new job before you fire them.

Plus now there is a 60 day grace period for H-1Bs to try and find a new job.

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