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Apple asks its San Diego Siri quality control team to relocate to Texas
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A decade ago, a lot of folks would probably seriously consider this. Austin is a rad town and cost of living is cheaper than San Diego. Now moving to Texas could put you at significant risk if you’re a woman.
Apple, a company that likes to value diversity and inclusion, is apparently fine with putting its female employees in harm’s way for a tax break.
Of all the shit Apple has done, this is particularly disturbing.
Edit: Took a few more minutes to look into this, and it appears that Apple covers travel and medical expenses for women that have to travel out of state for care. Although, forcing someone into that position to keep their job is pretty douchey.
Austin isn't even that much cheaper and property tax in TX is heinous compared to CA.
all the tech companies should move to another smaller city in a blue state all at once. turn Salem OR or something into the next big tech hub
Welcome to Raleigh!
Or build a blue city on the triple-border of South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming. Property is crazy cheap there. It's the perfect place for a big "blue utopia" city.
Because of those states' small population, just a small number of Democratic votes there could yield three states' electoral votes and six senators.
Republicans would lose forever if Democrats didn't gerrymander themselves into the coasts.
IIRC some red states have already floated the idea of not letting people vote for several years after moving there specifically to ensure that Republicans never lose control.
Bend OR has a decent sized Sony studio apparently.
Bend gets snowed out frequently and suffers from a lack of diversity. It could use some more folks for sure but idk if people would want to live there in the winter