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Public university lays off 79 IT workers after they train H-1B replacements
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Posted on 03/02/2017 7:16:10 AM PST by TigerClaws

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To: Jolla

That actually is kind of low for an IT professional living in CA.


21 posted on 03/02/2017 8:52:28 AM PST by No_More_Harkin
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To: TigerClaws

On the face of it, this is a blatant violation of the spirit if not the letter of the law that allows the execrable H1B visas. Whomever in DoS/DoL approved the statement of need should be transferred forthwith to the mail room pending a dismissal hearing. The same goes for the school’s HR department.

That said, the IT world evolves quickly. Any IT professional should be constantly training to upgrade their skill set, whether company paid or self-financed (it’s deductible). It is possible that the RFP was written in the tradition of sole-source RFPs from the beginning of time.

However, it strains credulity to think there are no recent grads from the very same University system who would not be hireable. Heck, it would even boost their placement numbers! If I was the parent of a recent un/under-employed grad, I’d be raising holy heck with the Regents, uttering “implied warranty of merchantability.” Any school that had a waiver of that warranty in their admissions process should lose their accreditation.

THIS NEEDS TO STOP!!! DJT, TAKE NOTICE!


22 posted on 03/02/2017 9:01:02 AM PST by NonValueAdded (#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #MyPresident #MAGA)
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To: Grampa Dave

Both :P


23 posted on 03/02/2017 9:10:47 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

Yes.

That will be changing and is changing.

Of course in California, we don’t have a Republican party involved with the UC system or anything.


24 posted on 03/02/2017 9:33:28 AM PST by Grampa Dave (We are winning every day, while the Dems and Never Trumpsters are whining every day!!!)
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To: PLMerite

“It costs more to live in San Francisco than just about anywhere else in the U.S. I doubt that $114k provides for a lavish lifestyle.”

They probably put them into dorms like the Silicon Valley corporations do.


25 posted on 03/02/2017 9:35:17 AM PST by Grampa Dave (We are winning every day, while the Dems and Never Trumpsters are whining every day!!!)
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To: PLMerite

“It costs more to live in San Francisco than just about anywhere else in the U.S. I doubt that $114k provides for a lavish lifestyle.”

They probably put them into dorms like the Silicon Valley corporations do.


26 posted on 03/02/2017 9:35:24 AM PST by Grampa Dave (We are winning every day, while the Dems and Never Trumpsters are whining every day!!!)
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To: PLMerite
The new IT people will probably stay in India.

They don't have to live here to do IT work as per this from the article!

Ho, who earns about $100,000, told the LA Times that he spent two days training his replacement in a process that UCSF called "knowledge transfer."

"He told me he would go back to India and train his team and would be sending me e-mails with questions," Ho said.

27 posted on 03/02/2017 9:39:58 AM PST by Grampa Dave (We are winning every day, while the Dems and Never Trumpsters are whining every day!!!)
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To: Grampa Dave

Wow. This BS needs to be corrected.


28 posted on 03/02/2017 9:51:21 AM PST by PLMerite
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To: NonValueAdded
the IT world evolves quickly. Any IT professional should be constantly training to upgrade their skill set, whether company paid or self-financed (it’s deductible).

The problem that I've written about each time, is the career employee.

These are likely IT professionals in the University system. Their salaries inflate as they promote or advance on their career ladders.

Even if retrained to current demand, there will always be new hires who can be paid starting wages. H-1B abuse is about firing the long-term career worker because the business doesn't want to pay the salary that escalated over 25 years.

-PJ

29 posted on 03/02/2017 9:57:21 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the first question.)
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To: central_va

As I mentioned I lived there until June last year, I am well aware we are talking about now, there are 32 people in our office 28 of them do not make over $100,000 and all live there or within 45 minutes, those coming on board in the last 5 years avg is around $50,000 starting out- they do not all own homes but most 20-30 yo IT workers probably don’t. Do you think someone making $100,000 living in SF is not able to afford to live there?


30 posted on 03/02/2017 10:30:52 AM PST by Jolla
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To: TigerClaws

Spending billions of dollars for free education for illegals but saving $30 million by firing Americans. Sounds like California.


31 posted on 03/02/2017 10:32:30 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: No_More_Harkin

I would agree for an IT professional that is living in California but I gathered from this article these people are or now we can say were mid to low level operatives probably not working cutting edge technology but rather keeping a system moving.


32 posted on 03/02/2017 10:33:16 AM PST by Jolla
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To: TigerClaws

Unions did a GREAT JOB of protecting these workers/s


33 posted on 03/02/2017 10:38:35 AM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Zarro

You done N A I L E D it : )


34 posted on 03/02/2017 11:34:24 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: dp0622

No capitalist PATRIOT would disagree with you....put it that way.


35 posted on 03/02/2017 11:36:15 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Jolla
So these former employees avg $140,000 as mid to low level workers

What's your point? That they deserved to be replaced by an H-1b making a third as much?

36 posted on 03/02/2017 11:39:46 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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That they deserved to be replaced by an H-1b making a third as much?

The Indian IT slaves will be lucky to get $10k

37 posted on 03/02/2017 12:20:14 PM PST by zeugma (The Brownshirts have taken over American Universities.)
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To: DoodleDawg

No my point was that in my eyes $114,000 is a lot for a mid to low level state employee


38 posted on 03/02/2017 1:41:24 PM PST by Jolla
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