[url]http://www.seattletimes.com/business/tech-companies-protest-trump-immigration-order/[/url]
[url]http://www.geekwire.com/2017/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-responds-trumps-immigration-ban-says-immigrants-positive-impact-country/[/url]
[url]https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/28/tech-companies-react-to-immigration-ban/[/url]
[quote]“I share your concerns” about Trump’s immigration order, [b]Apple CEO Tim Cook[/b] wrote in a memo to employees obtained by The Associated Press. “It is not a policy we support.”
“We have reached out to the White House to explain the negative effect on our coworkers and our company,” he added.
Cook didn’t say how many Apple employees are directly affected by the order, but said the company’s HR, legal and security teams are in contact to support them. “Apple would not exist without immigration, let alone thrive and innovate the way we do,” Cook wrote — an apparent reference not only to the company’s foreign-born employees, but to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, the son of a Syrian immigrant.
[b]Netflix CEO Reed Hastings[/b] was forcefully blunt. “Trump’s actions are hurting Netflix employees around the world, and are so un-American it pains us all,” he wrote on Facebook. “Worse, these actions will make America less safe (through hatred and loss of allies) rather than more safe.”
“It is time to link arms together to protect American values of freedom and opportunity,” he continued. [b]Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg[/b] criticized the order in similar, though more carefully couched, terms on Friday.
Technology investor [b]Chris Sacca[/b], an early backer of Uber and Instagram, said on Twitter that he would match ACLU donations up to $75,000 after the organization sued over the ban — and then decided to donate another $75,000 , for a total of $150,000. EBay founder [b]Pierre Omidyar[/b], the child of Iranians, complained that the order was “simple bigotry.”
Tesla Motors and SpaceX founder [b]Elon Musk[/b], who has recently appeared to be cultivating a relationship with Trump, tweeted that “many people negatively affected by this policy are strong supporters of the US” who don’t “deserve to be rejected.” Musk is an immigrant from South Africa.[/quote]
[quote]Google has already recalled its employees from abroad — though chances are the alert came too late to allow anybody to travel back to the U.S. in time. “We’re concerned about the impact of this order and any proposals that could impose restrictions on Googlers and their families, or that create barriers to bringing great talent to the U.S.,” the company wrote in an official statement. “We’ll continue to make our views on these issues known to leaders in Washington and elsewhere.”[/quote]
[quote] Apple is open. Open to everyone, no matter where they come from, which language they speak, who they love or how they worship. Our employees represent the finest talent in the world, and our team hails from every corner of the globe.
In the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, "We may have all come on different ships, but we are in the same boat now."
- Tim Cook[/quote]
[media]https://twitter.com/bchesky/status/825517729251684352[/media]
[media]https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/825502400454594561[/media]
[media]https://twitter.com/Twitter/status/825513865794293761[/media]
Current stats: Up to 76 Microsoft employees, 187 Google employees affected. Apple, Amazon and many others have confirmed employees affected but numbers undisclosed. #MAGA!!!
Good job
Hell yeah
Good job pissing off Silicon Valley [I]et al[/I] in one fell swoop.
Yeah, they're at-times a bit snobby and self-centered, but they still have far more empathy than the current prez & friends, [I]AND [/I]they also have quite a bit of influence, not to mention capital.
Trump is an excellent example of what happens when you put a child in the most powerful office in the country.
Think that by penning some flat blanket ban everything will be solved but [I]nope[/I].
How long until every airline in the country running international flights has followed in AirBNB's footsteps, I wonder?
[QUOTE=TestECull;51747228]How long until every airline in the country running international flights has followed in AirBNB's footsteps, I wonder?[/QUOTE]
trump airline; Americans first; 20% tariff on foreign passengers
:goodjob:
Yeah, you go Trump! That'll help bring jobs back to America. #MAGA! :rock:
[QUOTE=BlindSniper17;51747310]Yeah, you go Trump! That'll help bring jobs back to America. #MAGA! :rock:[/QUOTE]
Well of course. If the qualified tech company muslims can't work the jobs they had before, that means google will have to hire your sorry ass instead!
[i]The perfect criiiime.[/i]
[QUOTE=BlindSniper17;51747310]Yeah, you go Trump! That'll help bring jobs back to America. #MAGA! :rock:[/QUOTE]
Or motivate them to start up offices overseas to employ the qualified workforce.
But then the US won't acquire more qualified people, and some money is now lost paying for the overseas office and the employees spending money locally instead.
honestly i feel that he's just going to do all the crazy shit in the first month so that 4 years later dumbfucks can go "WELL I SURVIVED SO MIGHT AS WELL VOTE FOR HIM AGAIN"
this ban is nuts, but devil's advocate there is a shitty workers program that uses work visas by such tech companies. Remember the stories of veteran MS employees being replaced or the guy from Disney who he and other employees had to train their replacements.
People might not like the truth about this, but silicon valley can be very competitive to get a job so x number of employees who can't get hired, there are x number of potential hires who live in the states.
It's terrible, but Trump can totally use this to his advantage by saying this drains the swamp in tech which can lead to gaining support of not only the American heartland but as well as some Californians and Right leaning people in tech dependent cities.
He'll never get my vote even if this will benefit me greatly.
Just scrolled through a Trump post on Facebook and the amount of people applauding Trump for "getting stuff done' (in a completely undemocratic fashion) disgusts me
Twitter should threaten to ban trump from their service if he doesn't [del]rescind the ban[/del] do as they say
[QUOTE=aurum481;51747791]Twitter should threaten to ban trump from their service if he doesn't [del]rescind the ban[/del] do as they say[/QUOTE]
Just make it so that if you're signed in as Trump all you see is a wall when you go to anyone's pages.
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