SV discovering why one does not simply hire people in Europehttps://techcrunch.com/2020/11/23/uber-refused-permission-to-dismiss-11-staff-at-its-emea-hq/ …
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Replying to @Altimor
True, but this the second time they went about it in such an amateur (and illegal) way. Mostly a story of US executives not caring about the rest of the world being different.
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Replying to @thijsniks @Altimor
Which is, of course, not a surprise given Uber’s general attitude towards regulation
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Replying to @thijsniks @Altimor
other countries don't/can't build anything
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Replying to @gerad_t0d @Altimor
lol, I’m just gonna ignore this American exceptionalism while I wave around the state of this country
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Replying to @Altimor
Someone gotta do the gold digging, but that’s a very one-dimensional view of what a successful country is and does ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Replying to @thijsniks
Is your point that the US may be better for you specifically, but not for the average person? If so, curious on what metric you think would capture best this average welfare?
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Replying to @Altimor
Yes, the US has a higher financial upside for me than the Netherlands, but the life of a person with below average means is way worse.
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Replying to @thijsniks @Altimor
Having lived and worked in both, I deeply regret leaving the Netherlands. What a great place to live.
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Replying to @thijsniks
Ha... I believe you already escaped to SF by the time I got there.
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