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>>ZacnyL+(OP)
Can we please recognize that this is a holiday weekend and Elon rammed a big release forcing his engineers to come in and iterate multiple patches over the last 12 hours.

>>tmpz22+CQ
Twitter Engineers have had over a year to get out and find another job. At this point the terms of their employment and the expectations from their boss are all crystal clear. Hard to sympathize with those who continue to stick around for whatever reason.

>>paxys+A11
In this job market, it's hard. And many engineers are on H1B visas so it's even harder to jump ship.

>>buitre+621
If they truly cannot get another job despite trying hard for 15 months then really they should be thanking Musk for giving them a steady paycheck when no one else in the industry will.

>>paxys+I21
If I understand correctly, the U.S. doesn’t allow them to get another job without getting a new H-1B and there are dramatically more applicants than visas each year. They are unlikely to get a new one so their options are to either stay at Twitter or leave the U.S.

>>Wingy+731
You understand wrong. If you already have an H-1B visa then you don't need to enter the lottery again. You just need another job offer in a similar role, and can start working immediately.

>>paxys+c31
> don't need to enter the lottery again

Yes

> can start working immediately

Abso-lutely not. Check out Reddit to look for accounts of how the transfer works and see how easy it really is...

When you transfer, you need a lot of cooperation from the new firm as they have to be ok filing paperwork, they have to do it in a timely fashion, and due to processing delays on the order of weeks (if all goes well) you cannot start work immediately. For many, many employers, this puts you at a strong disadvantage against applicants who are all good to go and ready to show up for work on Monday.