Gitlab considers not hiring SREs and Support Engineers in China and Russia

Re:Gitlab considers not hiring SREs and Support Engineers in... by iiertiosas on Sunday November 03, 2019 @11:10PM (#21438974)

Reading the discussion, it appears this policy was due to a customer request, and not some legal requirement.

I wonder how the HN crowd feels about that? There was a lot of talk recently about how companies should not sacrifice their values and kowtow to the demands of large clients.

As a company that values freedom of movement and is remote first, this prevents their employees from moving to where they want. Does this also mean they can’t vacation there either?

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Re:Gitlab considers not hiring SREs and Support Engineers in... by larkeith on Sunday November 03, 2019 @11:44PM (#21439108)

> Does this also mean they can’t vacation there either?

No, the post is fairly explicit about what the proposed block is.

While I agree with the position that companies should avoid trading ethics for short-term profit, this is a move I hesitate to condemn - the cost is fairly minimal (their remote-first position is still quite generous), and there is much to be said for the increase in privacy and security this provides their customers.

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Re:Gitlab considers not hiring SREs and Support Engineers in... by slackfan on Sunday November 03, 2019 @11:58PM (#21439152)

Completely dumb that it even came up to this level of discussion. Fire that contract & opportunity into the sun and move on with your life.

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