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Old 11-18-2011, 04:56 PM
 
Location: South Korea
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Wal-Mart has already done it. They started @WalmartLabs in Mountain View recently:

Cassidy: World's biggest startup launches in Silicon Valley - San Jose Mercury News

Well, actually, Wal-Mart bought a company. But still, they are in Silicon Valley now.
Yes, that's what I was referring to when I name-checked Wal-Mart.
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Old 11-18-2011, 05:40 PM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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Wal-Mart has already done it. They started @WalmartLabs in Mountain View recently:

Cassidy: World's biggest startup launches in Silicon Valley - San Jose Mercury News

Well, actually, Wal-Mart bought a company. But still, they are in Silicon Valley now.
They've had a corporate presence in the Bay Area for a while now. Im sure most of us have noticed this building off of 101 in South City.
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Old 11-20-2011, 11:00 PM
 
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Seriously, there's a ton of Indian people living in San Ramon, Danville and Fremont. I'm being presumptuous about it being a reason to move there but don't be surprised if the people GE hires are mostly Indians on visas.

Also one of the top reasons that companies move to office parks out in the middle of suburban nowhere is because the big cheese executive people in charge of that office live nearby and want a short commute.
Hey hey, easy with your hate with Indians. A little sensitivity here. Also, I just worked in San Ramon and there are far fewer Indians there than in Silicon Valley. Also, I doubt a corporation opens up an office in a new location to hire "Indians on visas". They can easily continue to do that in Connecticut or whereever GE is based out of. More importantly, they can relocate to India if they want Indians (not on visas in this case)
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Old 11-21-2011, 12:25 AM
 
Location: South Korea
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I don't hate them, they're just taking all our jobs and big corporations with political clout really abuse their power to get them in on visas. I guess it's better for them to come here where they can throw their money around than to ship the jobs out to Chennai, but still.
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