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		skj on Dec 12, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google to close engineering office in Russia I don't believe anyone is getting fired, though it's true that a mandatory relocation will mean a lot of people choose to leave the company.

rurban on Dec 12, 2014 [–]

I assumed that they will not fire their best engineers. But will their families relocate to Europe, having to speak weird languages and spend a lot of money? Zurich is super expensive.

skj on Dec 13, 2014 | [–]

Right, I expect many will choose a severance package instead.

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