Posted on 03/24/2015 5:24:29 AM PDT by Kaslin
First I have been in software for over 25+ years as both a developer and a manager. I agree with Asians, they are qualified. I have worked with many, many Indians over the last couple years, both here and in offshore positions. They are by a whole not qualified. They coding standards suck and they do not understand how to move design requirements to real world code. I won’t even touch the language/accent barrier.
You got a turd in your pocket?
They usually are.
The law requires companies to make a "good faith" effort to hire Americans, and to hire a foreigner only after they've "proven" that they can't find a qualified American.
So, the way they get around that requirement is to craft a job description that nobody can meet*, announce that there are no qualified Americans available, and then hire a foreigner. The foreigner doesn't meet the job description either, but nobody goes back and verifies or enforces that he does.
*I have personally seen job postings in the IT world demanding, e.g., 5 years experience with a technology that had only been out in the market for 3 years. This is done to justify hiring a foreigner "because there are no qualified Americans".
Please post requirements/qualifications.
Corporatism + GREED = Failure to true capitalism We no longer live in F.A. Hayak's free market capitalism.
It is the same reason municipalities are fighting for amnesty. You know, the jobs Americans won't do?
It is pretty naïve to disregard the notion that politicians and corporate elites are in concert to help each others goals.
I work with many Indians. They are qualified, but their stories of H1B status and being beholden to the government and corporations is kind of scary.
So what was the salary being offered?
If he’s telling the truth at all, probably 2 h1b’s at 12/hour
Most HR’s are shes.
The American students have been told the lie that there are no real tech jobs available. This has been going on for years. I teach many would be and current American tech workers who are going for bachelor and master degrees. They are swamped by students from the Indian subcontinent who by hook or by crook will try to maintain an A average even though they are lying about their competencies. A few are good and many become somewhat competent by working in an H1B position formerly held by an American citizen. There are plenty of Americans who are ready, experienced and making themselves ready for tech careers but H1Bs are often hired to fill their jobs. The only sector H1Bs have not yet breached are the jobs that require U.S. citizenship and a clearance.
True, but this one man. He’s just looking to punch Americans out of the way to find H1B’s for cheap. That might be a more male type HR rep.
To me that sounds female.
The other issue is that these guys get their degrees for free (or damned close to it) in their home countries, while their American counterparts are on the hook for 30K+ in student debt.
I saw this coming three decades ago. Unless a government security classification is required to perform the duties of your profession, you are in danger of being replaced by a foreign worker. Even with a security classification, if the flood gates for H1B workers is opened, it’s only a matter of time before you are replaced.
Perhaps so. Nasty one indeed though. Hates American workers and probably gets a kickback for every H1B they can hire.
This article is addressing STEM graduates and experienced workers in tech who are being replaced by cheaper foreign labor. There are plenty of qualified US citizens for most of these jobs.
Eric Schmidt has a “open” marriage meaning he has no morals so you expect something like this from him.
Seeing millions of Americans unemployed while those companies that could hire them will instead hire foreigners instead just so they can pad their ceo pay more and give them something to talk about at the clubhouse.
Hiring US IT workers they may have to get by with 4 vacations mansions instead of 6.
“Everyone agrees, in both parties.”
Wonder why? Could it be because special interests own them, and they consider themselves accountable to special interests instead of doing what’s best for the American workers?
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