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Only $4,000 to relocate? That doesn't seem even close to the amount it would cost me. Breaking leases, selling your house, moving belongings. Much more than $4,000.

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The 72 hours is even more egregious to me. You're supposed to make one of the biggest life decisions you'll make (moving your family cross-country) in that time, with 0 advanced notice? Absurd

I assume the thinking was that they had to lock them out (?!?) while they decide, so it has to be a short window.

The idea that you have to lock your employees out is so incredibly antagonistic that I cannot imagine how people stand it.

Imagine telling your kids that they’re suddenly moving away from all their friends and uprooting their lives for a job that obviously doesn’t respect them. What a nightmare.

So Patagonia is going to lose all the talent who have enough skill to find new jobs where they want to live.

Watch, next year there will be even more layoffs as they fail to hit their numbers since all the remaining folk are under-performers who had no choice but to move to keep the job

But the good news is that when they fire you in one of these states, they don't have to pay you much severance.

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