Britt Purdy
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Britt Purdy
@brittpurdy
Former Curation Lead @Twitter and Digital Producer @torontostar. Looking for work in SF/Toronto. She/her.
Toronto Katılım Ocak 2009
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"No matter the industry, losing a job is devastating. For visa workers, it can come with the additional cost of their life being uprooted from whatever city they call home..."
A gut-wrenching, must read from @brittpurdy: sfgate.com/local/article/…
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Breaking my Twitter exile to share my love letter to San Francisco — a city I absolutely grew to love but had to say goodbye to after layoffs. Every visa worker has a different situation, all of them with their own challenges.
✌🏻 Outer Sunset sfgate.com/local/article/…
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@brittpurdy ugh i’m sorry you have to go through this, britt! i hope it gets easier for ya 💙
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Another fun thing about the L-1A (intracompany transfer) visa. With the H-1B, O-1, E-3 you have a chance of getting your moving expenses covered if you have to move back after a layoff -- but not with the L. (Lawyers, correct me if I'm wrong! I would love to be wrong.)
Britt Purdy@brittpurdy
The thing about the whole "60 day grace period" is it really feels more like 30 days if you want to give proper notice for your housing and daycare, plus arrange moving logistics etc.
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Interesting since the L seems to be more committal and inflexible on the side of the employee.
Expenses to consider when you're moving home: Airfare, moving truck, potential breaking of apartment leases / daycare downpayment, temp loss of work time for family members.
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"(E) Liability for transportation costs. The employer will be liable for the reasonable costs of return transportation of the alien abroad if the alien is dismissed from employment by the employer before the end of the period of authorized" -- law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/214…
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The thing about the whole "60 day grace period" is it really feels more like 30 days if you want to give proper notice for your housing and daycare, plus arrange moving logistics etc.
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@anaclarapaniago @NicKeaney I have to agree with Rains! It's my fave and is also nice enough if you have to take it out at night.
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Recce request. My backpack has magnets and it never closes properly. Would like a slimline efficient backpack that shuts properly and stays shut but isn’t the clunkiest ugliest thing in the world
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@brittpurdy I am so so sorry Britt. This is such an awful situation. I am still hoping something pans out over the next couple of months for you. Sending you a big hug x
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A lot of people have reached out asking about my visa situation (out of concern or curiosity).
I worked at Twitter for three years in Canada before being relocated to the US under an L-1A. My husband was able to come with me under a spousal visa (L-2S).
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I've been thinking a lot about all the visa workers on both sides of the situation across companies, some in far worse / trickier situations than this one — whether you’re laid off or not it feels like there’s a lack of control and power.
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Don’t get me wrong, returning to Canada (if we do) will have its benefits and Mae’s grandparents will be thrilled, but it’s not just a loss of employment for visa workers – it’s a potential loss of friends, community, daycare and medical care built up.
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Britt Purdy retweetledi
did it hurt? when you realised you could no longer send timely + relevant Moments to Twitter’s beloved but now disbanded Curation team to feature on Explore, Trending and other important hubs, meaning your journalism will no longer reach a much wider, diverse audience?
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Britt Purdy retweetledi
Wouldn’t it be smart to have a team at Twitter that could rapidly find/elevate credible, factual content? Providing vital context during elections when false claims have a high harm potential. They could curate it on Trends or a collection of Tweets.
You could call them Curation
Brandy Zadrozny@BrandyZadrozny
Maricopa County, AZ seeing the first significant round of election misinfo this morning with rightwing influencers misrepresenting a tabulators issue as evidence of fraud. There are like ~20 people who control the (dis)info we see and it's only going to get worse as the day goes.
Camberwell, London 🇬🇧 English
Britt Purdy retweetledi
Hope everyone’s enjoying these same 4 partner moments published late last week to the otherwise highly informative US Elections tab today!
Imagine the wealth of factual, local publisher content just waiting to be promoted that could really inform voters, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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@KristinaLuca @lcf42 @meanders_ Ohhh I am listening too!! I had a feeling this was the special guest 💕!!
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Britt Purdy retweetledi
the entire Curation team was an incredible asset to Twitter. they helped safeguard Trends, create Moments, contextualize misleading info & much more. if you’re looking for folks with these skills to join your team, reach out to the spectacular @JoannaG
J Geary ⚡️💙@JoannaG
As you might have read, Twitter’s Curation team - which I led - was disbanded last week. 🧵 The multilingual team, located in 9 cities, provided content intelligence for ML-driven products, trends context and highlighted credible content when Twitter really needed it.
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