This is how it works:
“Hello, I’m with IndiaCheapLabor and I might have a job for you based on your LinkedIn posting”
“So tell me about it?”
“Well we are looking for someone very experienced like yourself for a 3 month contract at 30/hr.”
“Click”
“Senator...my company has searched and searched and can’t find qualified people for high tech jobs. We need H1b to keep our economy going”
I have about 20 years in IT and I am beyond cynical. It was great for a while. Then it wasn’t.
Executives build their rep by shaving dollars off of their expenses and bringing in money. The company sees internal IT as solely an expense. At our height, we gave fantastic service but it was five of us running our asses off. When I got the axe, there were two.