[justin66]

His company just hired a couple of people and let them go a week later in a layoff. Clearly, the problem is the international trade system, nothing to do with management's ethics or lack of commitment to its team members.

OK...

[grandalf]

I can't speak for the ethics of the other members of the management team, but I think it's unreasonable to assume that the decision was made for any other reason than necessity.

It may be that the decision to hire new people a week earlier was out of optimism that moving to the bay area was not going to be necessary.