Employers who SH!T on American citizens by hiring foreigners can go F*** THEMSELVES. The American dream is alive and well FOR FOREIGNERS but DEAD for the American citizen. Where do YOU think this leads?
Yep, we all know where this leads. It is no accident; it’s being engineered by a whole lot of folks. Frankly, I saw some of it coming but never expected it would be this bad.
Oh please.
What age groups are you talking about? If younger there are plenty of options depending on degree. I have a relative with a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering. Had a job waiting for him three months before graduation. EE and ME majors have pretty good opportunities especially when working for defense contractors as most (depending on what is being worked on) do not allow foreign nationals to be hired.
What about skilled trades? Welders, machinists, and the like? In these parts a good welder can make $20 /hour STARTING salary out of VoTech schools.
If older, there are absolutely companies who are trying to cut costs and do so by hiring foreign workers. I wonder if Avaya is not one of these. Now when we log a support call, return calls always come from an area code in Denver, but which I believe is coming from India based on timestamps from emails I have received just before they call. I understand that some people cannot speak English without an accent, but wow - you can't have those people calling to work on hardware problems. I have on one occasion asked to speak with someone else and told the engineer who I was talking with that I could not understand them well and needed to talk with someone else. I have heard similar complaints from other Avaya customers.
I got together with my friend last evening who has hired foreign college students to work, along with US college students and he said it's a mixed bag with the US students. Some are good (the older students) and these students have gone on to have good jobs and make very good money. But he's had a problem younger students - problems with coming in late (or not at all), problems with work product (quality, quantity), attitude problems (as in "I'm owed this job"). He does not have those issues with the foreign students.