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Maybe add a non-US-citizen mode where if you are ever unemployed for more than 2 cycles you lose, unless you already have a side project with enormous traction

And if you are a US citizen and get randomly get thrown into a group of mostly non-citizen coworkers they will grind like hell due to the above, and if you don't grind extra hard you get the PIP faster, because you're stack ranked against them

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Your second point is so bizarre. You're complaining hardworking immigrants make you look bad because you don't work as hard?

Yes, exactly this. Migrant workers, under the threat of being deported if they don't work enough, obviously can be forced to accept much worse work conditions and work-life balance.

yes! this enslavement mode is exactly the idea of those driving current policies.

I don't care how I "look". If a company puts me on PIP because I worked hard for 40 hours instead of 80, so be it, I'll just take severance, leave, and relax for a while. I have the luxury of doing that, and I'll prioritize my health and family over a rat race. I do believe in working hard, but I also believe in family and having pursuits to live life for outside of work.

If you're in H1B at a FAANG, you unfortunately don't have that luxury, because if you don't work 80 you may be put into PIP and forced to uproot your entire family and destroy your kids' education if you can't nail another job within 60 days. And so in groups with both H1Bs and citizens/PRs, a lot of H1Bs will work harder, out of fear, not because they actually want to, and if there is a stank ranking system, the ones who don't fear will be the ones who get PIP more easily because they respect their bodies' limits.

I was just suggesting that the game can simulate both of these modes, the second being drastically harder.

that's a very weird way to read it.

i hope your kids are not sewing shoes instead of getting an education.

US citizen and permanent resident are equivalent for the purposes of this...

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