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Re:Workers deserve the right to disconnect (2021) by jpdaigle on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @06:46PM (#31417151)
> It’s frustrating, because you have sunk cost in entering the employment agreement

It's even more precarious for US immigrants where many types of immigrant visa (H1B, L1, TN) are tied to continuing to hold a specific job.

Don't like that job anymore? Get laid off, or reclassified into a different position? Oops, you're in violation of your visa, you have a week to leave the country.

There's a huge power imbalance between the class of workers that have US permanent residency or citizenship, and those on work visas.

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Re:Workers deserve the right to disconnect (2021) by 8n4vidtmkvmk on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @03:39AM (#31420187)
ya.. I'm in the boat. fortunately my employer is great, but i still feel like a hostage for 3 years and counting until my been card comes in. then I'm a different kind of hostage because the US wants to tax me globally should i decide to leave again?
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