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Et Tu, Mickey Mouse? Disney Pads Record Profits by Replacing U.S. Workers with Cheaper H-1B Workers
EPI.org ^ | June 5, 2015 | Ron Hira

Posted on 06/09/2015 6:17:56 AM PDT by xzins

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To: Norm Lenhart

I know I know ... and they’ll keep trying. Too bad they got somebody like me to pee in their cornflakes.

They hate me and I’m so proud of that fact!


121 posted on 06/09/2015 10:04:32 AM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: Hostage

Lol, you are funny. Let me guess, you have three degrees and no job.v


122 posted on 06/09/2015 10:08:21 AM PDT by precisionshootist (D)
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To: Hostage

I wouldn’t know about that. I seem to be universally loved. I think it’s my gentile personality and non confrontational approach. ;)


123 posted on 06/09/2015 10:10:21 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: X-spurt

In the 1950 and earlier corporations needed government.

The shift in the last years has been to have government need those same corporations.

Hillary knows how to play the checkbook violin as does Jeb.

We have

Disney World
Disney land
Euro Disney
Disney Tokyo
Disney Bejing
Hong Kong Disney


124 posted on 06/09/2015 10:15:01 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Norm Lenhart

FR is generally a rich target for trolls.

I remember when one campaign back in 2004 was using paid posters and many of them were banished.


125 posted on 06/09/2015 10:17:34 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: ziravan
Disney’s IT department has been plagued with serious problems for years. read a few Facebook posts from irate travel agents following the abject disaster of the free dining rollout last month when IT crashed for hours:

That link goes to comments from 2013, not last month.

I think this is a corporate reaction to this later fiasco from late 2013. This one caused the cancellation of many planned refurbishment projects because of massive IT overruns.

How Problems with MyMagic+ Could Affect Other Projects

-PJ

126 posted on 06/09/2015 10:21:50 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Hostage
Oh really? And who in government under a Cruz Administration is going to approve those H1Bs Doodle?

How can they stop them? If it's legal now then it'll be legal under a Cruz administration unless the law is revoked or rewritten. And I've heard nothing indicating that Cruz is planning that.

Ted Cruz has already stated that HIBs will be granted based only on “DEMONSTRATED NEED” and that abuses will not be tolerated including replacing American workers with cheap labor.

Every single H-1B to date has been granted on a "DEMONSTRATED NEED". Will Cruz change that definition? If so, how does he plan on doing it and what will the new definition be?

You’re trying to describe Ted Cruz as a proponent of the cheap labor express. Ain’t gonna work sweetpea!

Only certain types of cheap labor.

127 posted on 06/09/2015 10:59:54 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: ziravan
You don’t have much experience working with Indian HB-1s, do you?

Yes. Quite extensive experience for about 20 years.

Most likely, most of them went to college in the US and speak the King’s English fluently.

hahahahahahaahhhahahahahaa

The average technical knowledge of H1Bs is abysmal in my experience. If it doesn't fit on a checklist, it's completely foreign (pardon the pun) to them. There are exceptions of course, but the overwhelming majority aren't ready for anything beyond robotic tasks directed by someone with actual knowledge of how things work.

One of the unintended consequence of replacing experienced employees with H1B drones is that you lose tons of institutional knowledge. I've seen literally worth of experience get ushered out the door in the wake of a big push to 'offshore' or bring in H1Bs. It's this institutional knowledge that often keeps things running in a large shop with lots of moving parts, and it's the kind of thing you can't pay any amount of money for. Once it's gone, it's gone and you are SOL.

128 posted on 06/09/2015 11:12:17 AM PDT by zeugma (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3294350/posts)
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To: longtermmemmory
I Imagine much of these IT jobs will themselves become automated.

No, just oursourced overseas.

129 posted on 06/09/2015 11:23:05 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: zeugma
One of the unintended consequence of replacing experienced employees with H1B drones is that you lose tons of institutional knowledge. I've seen literally worth of experience get ushered out the door in the wake of a big push to 'offshore' or bring in H1Bs. It's this institutional knowledge that often keeps things running in a large shop with lots of moving parts, and it's the kind of thing you can't pay any amount of money for. Once it's gone, it's gone and you are SOL.

Amen to that. I've seen that firsthand with my company this year. It takes days for the HCL drones to figure out what the two former in-house employees could do in ten minutes while eating lunch.

130 posted on 06/09/2015 11:25:12 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: longtermmemmory
those unions were entertainer/performers

There are 6 unions at Disney in Florida covering over 30,000 workers in various jobs from retail, food and beverage, custodial, transportation, entertainment and attractions.

131 posted on 06/09/2015 11:30:36 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg; Hostage
Every single H-1B to date has been granted on a "DEMONSTRATED NEED". Will Cruz change that definition? If so, how does he plan on doing it and what will the new definition be?

That's what I'd like to know.

132 posted on 06/09/2015 11:55:26 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: dirtboy

Crony capitalism isn’t capitalism


133 posted on 06/09/2015 12:34:52 PM PDT by xzins (Donate to the Freep-a-Thon or lose your ONLY voice. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: dirtboy
Amen to that. I've seen that firsthand with my company this year. It takes days for the HCL drones to figure out what the two former in-house employees could do in ten minutes while eating lunch.

The biggest thing I've found to watch out for when dealing with them, is that any time you hear "yeah yeah" when you're asking if they understand what you want, you must get them to repeat it back to you in their own words. If they can describe it in their own words, you might be OK, but you have to be extraordinarily wary of buzzwords that are ill-defined.  It's a cultural thing with Indians. They really dislike saying "no" to anything, and most are unwilling to admit it when they don't understand what it is that you're asking for.  This has led to more failed projects than you can shake a stick at.

 

134 posted on 06/09/2015 1:09:44 PM PDT by zeugma (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3294350/posts)
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To: dirtboy

I agree that when US employers go after foreign “talent”, they usually target the lowest cost per hour, not the best value per dollar. However, my comment was in response to a poster who was making specific claims about what was happening at Disney when he had no specific knowledge and was frankly just making things up.


135 posted on 06/09/2015 10:13:34 PM PDT by Darth Reardon (Is it any wonder I'm not the president?)
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To: xzins

I was hoping somebody that knew him or had some campaign stroke could email it to him.

The chance of him reading an email from a nobody like me is about 1 in 1,000,000.


136 posted on 06/09/2015 10:52:28 PM PDT by biff (Et Tu Boeh-ner)
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To: biff

It’s the quantity that matters on the same subject


137 posted on 06/10/2015 8:43:33 AM PDT by xzins (Donate to the Freep-a-Thon or lose your ONLY voice. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Darth Reardon

Nope. I’ve spoken with them. And I’ve had them get stumped. regularly.
But you are arguing for the value in replacing Americans already in a job with someone in a foreign land who wants a job. The patriotism overwhelms


138 posted on 06/10/2015 8:56:43 AM PDT by xzins (Donate to the Freep-a-Thon or lose your ONLY voice. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: xzins

Well then, git it and quit talking.


139 posted on 06/10/2015 10:07:25 AM PDT by biff (Et Tu Boeh-ner)
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