Originally Posted by
here_we_go_again
Surely someone might have thought though to tell the recruitment team of the plan?
Maybe management wanted to let an Australian know to maybe tell his friends to update their CV for an impending E3 recruiting drive?
The OP never gave a time line he just said that his company told him in chat during his upgrade they are planning to hire foreigners. Did people wait? Absolutely not they just started bombarding HR before any official announcement was made.