Cloudflare says a Lisbon engineering leader's residency permit was denied after he hired 11 people
Rhea says the unnamed manager hired five engineers and six interns in Lisbon while waiting months for a permit Portugal has now refused.
By Ryan Merket · Published
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Why it matters
Cloudflare has grown its Portugal base from 14 people in 2019 to more than 350 by October 2024, making Lisbon a core engineering hub rather than an outpost. A residency refusal for the manager who hired 11 people there exposes the dependency every foreign hub has on relocated leadership, and smaller companies expanding to Lisbon carry the same risk with far less leverage to absorb it.
Cloudflare CIO Sam Rhea (@LakeAustinBlvd) said on November 3rd that a Cloudflare engineering leader who moved from the United States to Portugal has had his residency permit denied after months of waiting for a decision.…
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