Here’s the way this went down, to the best of my knowledge. Disney’s IT sucks and has for years. Anybody who deals with it on a routine basis knows this. I’ve cited examples in other threads.
So. Disney starts to use a local contractor for some jobs, with impressive results. Disney decides to move more of its IT jobs to the contractor.
Orlando is a unique marketplace. Disney and Universal have huge footprints that the local labor market does not support. This is why both theme parks have extensive college intern programs; they need to recruit far and wide to overcome the labor limitations of the Orlando job market. That works well when hiring college kids looking for excitement and a resume bump.
It doesn’t work so well for professionals settled into their lives and families. So, this contractor expanded its search.
HB1s aside, Disney needed a change in its IT direction and they found a contractor that provided them proven results.
The issue isn’t so black and white.
Nevertheless, Trump didn’t address any of that.
Instead, he said he’d force Disney to rehire people they no longer want working for them. And that’s alright with y’all? It’s OK with people here for the government to force employers to sign paychecks for employees that they do not want? Wow.
Would it be OK for President Obama to decide today that every company with ten or more employees must hire two more at the same salary, because the sky is blue, or to stimulate the economy, or just because it’s Saturday and too wet to golf and he’s bored?
Be very careful what you’re supporting here: if the federal government should be allowed to force the private sector to hire hundreds of employees at its discretion instead of the employer’s then that applies to anybody in that office, including its current occupant.
This well-abused H1-B visa program is government interference in the job market to begin with. So I reject your premise. Disney had to apply for these slots under the law.
The program is not intended to put Americans out of work in favor of cheaper Indian labor, but it has been abused by crony capitalist Fortune 500 companies to be just that (at the expense of smaller companies with less juice that want to outsource like this as well).
I am pretty sure if the true goal was to “fix” Disney’s “broken” IT department, you could get the job done with Americans, if you paid enough and paid relocation expenses or allowed some to telecommute.
But Disney doesn’t want to pay for that. They’d rather get involved with what is likely a shady Indian outsourcing company.
Don’t worry you ultimately get what you pay for. If you think Disney’s IT department has issues now, just wait until after these American jobs are outsourced to foreign workers.