Gitlab reverting its stance on digital nomads, asks staff to go back home (gitlab.com) 5 points by antoviaque 1y ago ↗ HN
[–] toomuchtodo 1y ago ↗ Is this potentially related to the new CEO?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42333052And perhaps preparing for an acquisition?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42334501 [–] bigfatkitten 1y ago ↗ Probably related to the obvious tax and employment law implications of the policy.It sounds more like the company took legal advice that said "yeah, this is going to get you and your employees into trouble." [–] toomuchtodo 1y ago ↗ I thought so too, but the comments about this policy exceeding tax residency requirements leads me to believe there might be alternate root causes their People Team is unlikely or unwilling to discuss. [–] bigfatkitten 1y ago ↗ If they've had specific legal advice on the issue they wouldn't be able to talk about that, especially in public.
[–] bigfatkitten 1y ago ↗ Probably related to the obvious tax and employment law implications of the policy.It sounds more like the company took legal advice that said "yeah, this is going to get you and your employees into trouble." [–] toomuchtodo 1y ago ↗ I thought so too, but the comments about this policy exceeding tax residency requirements leads me to believe there might be alternate root causes their People Team is unlikely or unwilling to discuss. [–] bigfatkitten 1y ago ↗ If they've had specific legal advice on the issue they wouldn't be able to talk about that, especially in public.
[–] toomuchtodo 1y ago ↗ I thought so too, but the comments about this policy exceeding tax residency requirements leads me to believe there might be alternate root causes their People Team is unlikely or unwilling to discuss. [–] bigfatkitten 1y ago ↗ If they've had specific legal advice on the issue they wouldn't be able to talk about that, especially in public.
[–] bigfatkitten 1y ago ↗ If they've had specific legal advice on the issue they wouldn't be able to talk about that, especially in public.
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 28.5 ms ] threadhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42333052
And perhaps preparing for an acquisition?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42334501
It sounds more like the company took legal advice that said "yeah, this is going to get you and your employees into trouble."