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When big tech laid off these H-1B workers, a countdown began

 

*problem-tunity 문제 해결 과정에서 기회를 잡는 것
*upbeat 낙관적인
You sound more upbeat.
*stand apart from… …에서 떨어져 (서) 있다
So right now the game is all about standing apart from the crowd. 
So that makes me feel more accomplished throughout the day.
Like, I want to make the best use of this time.
*commiserate 불쌍하게 생각하다
*commiserate[sympathize] with  측연히 생각하다 
She would commiserate with people who had lost their jobs.
*peculiar 신기하다, 특이하다
The H-1B visa, the one they are on, is a little peculiar.
*scouring job posts 일자리를 찾아 해매다
*direness 극도로 심각한 상황
+) dire [ˈdaɪə(r)] 대단히 심각한, 엄청난, 지독한, 몹시 나쁜, 끔찍한 
I’m operating like a clockwork.
*spiral out of control 통제 불능 상태가 되다

+) Things start spiraling out of control.

    악순환에 빠지기 시작했어요. 
*vacillating  [vǽsəlèitiŋ] 동요하는, 망설이는, 우유부단한, 흔들리는
I’m going to bed every night, vacillating between despair and hope.
Being jobless was deeply unsettling for him.
This void has had an impact on my sense of identity. 
*stick around 머무르다, 포기하지 않고 기다리다
From the company’s perspective, workers on an H-1B are going to stick around.
+) What’s his take on the plan? 
    그 계획에 대한 그의 의견은 어떤가요?
We spoke with a bunch of economists with different takes on the H-1B visa.
*onerous 귀찮은, 성가신
*exploit 착취하는
*precarious 위태로운
*against (all) the odds 모든 역경을 딛고 
+) Against all (the) odds, he made a full recovery. 
    모든 역경에도 불구하고 그는 완전히 회복했다.
She was no longer a job-applying ninja fighting her way against all the odds.
Did you pack up your place in Seattle?

People come from all over the world to work in U.S. tech. And during the tech boom years, the industry relied heavily on foreign workers. This is how we built Silicon Valley – with great minds coming from everywhere to work in the U.S.

But when the industry started to shrink, all of these people who moved here for work are finding that linking their jobs to their residency is really complicated. That was the case for Aashka and Nilanjan. Aashka was a product engineer at Amazon, and Nilanjan worked in digital advertising for Google. They both lost their jobs in the layoffs each company announced earlier this year.

When Aashka and Nilanjan got the news, a clock started ticking. Because they are both H-1B recipients, they only have 60 days to find new jobs before they risk being sent home. And they can't get just any job – they need new employers in their field willing to sponsor their visa.

 

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When big tech laid off these H-1B workers, a countdown began

When big tech laid off these H-1B workers, a countdown began : Planet Money