A London-based artificial intelligence researcher who accepted a role as an applied scientist with Amazon in May 2022 says he went through an eight-month U.S. visa process and relocated to Seattle only to have the offer withdrawn before he could start the job he was hired to do.
https://www.geekwire.com/2023/ai-researcher-sues-amazon-for-withdrawing-job-offer-amid-cutbacks-after-8-month-visa-process/
What could he sue them for?
Following summarizes the "FAANGs":
“There really was this sense that tech, especially American tech, was really focused on long-term growth and investment in a way that, let’s say, investment banks and hedge funds are considered not to,” he said. “What happened to me, combined with what I read and see, has given me the impression that might have changed.”
I noticed a bunch of applied scientists with PhD were dismissed. Surprisingly, since I would think ML is our world now