Posted on 10/24/2005 11:55:32 AM PDT by SirLinksalot
mexicans and canadians can't do those jobs? This is terrible legal imigrants coming in and taking good jobs from mexican and canadian illegals. </sarcasm
Really hypocritical, ain't it?
An act within our Congress to allow 30,000 visas..all legal and proper, right? While at the same time, we support, encourage and reward 10 MILLION ILLEGALS in our country.
Make me rather ill.
They are bad at 1/2 the american wage. Most of these visas are taken by ppl that work here for a few years living as paupers then return back to their country with the money and the experience.
Who the f*** needs the Democrats to screw us over when we already have the Republicans?
I have lost two jobs to outsourcing in the last four years and my current job will be outsourced next year.
When in God's Name will American politicians start acting in the interests of AMERICANS????????
Sadly to many in DC put party and power before their fellow Americans.
By law, H-1Bs must be paid the prevailing US wage for the job and the region.
India and Ukraine.
Way too many let in. They work for a lot less. A lot. It really hurts local contractors. They should not have raised it at all!
When enough of US band together and vote in some who aren't in one of the Two-Party Cartel. It's the only option left to US, lest we become uncivilized. Blackbird.
I totally agree with you.
Some "benefit"! Trained for what? A BA in burger-flipping or bed-pan dumping?
I worked with these H1Bs in the 90s. More than one told me they were put on salary and worked 60+ hours a week. The kicker is the mother company only billed the client for 40 hours. Which would you hire - an American contractor (usually paid by the hour) and have to pay for the extra hours or an H1B at a flat rate of 40? The eradication of the middle class continues.
They may have a harder time getting them to come here, now that experienced people can make large salaries in India.
Who would trade 18 lakh in Mumbai for 75K in Ohio? The good ones have more job offers than they can handle in their own country.
I am currently training my replacement H1B of course, He is a good guy and I have no resentment to him, I do have a lot of resentment of those who advocate the abolishing of the middle class of both political parties
More cheap labor for the tech industry in the U.S..
"..SIIA believes that the proposal represents an interim solution for immediate U.S. workforce needs while also providing necessary revenue for the federal government"
And how does the government generate more revenue by replacing taxpaying American workers with foreigners who make less money?
These people ( on both sides of the aisle ) don`t care about Americans or America, only with lining their pockets with campaign contributions.
"By law, H-1Bs must be paid the prevailing US wage for the job and the region."
I love that one.. It always makes me laugh.
Majority are computer programmers/tech industry jobs. Many come from places like India, Russia, Eastern Europe.
Were the wages american companies like Microsoft pay them is at least 2 to 3 times what they would make at home, but still less than what Microsoft would have to pay in wages and benefits to american programmers. I'm sure Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco, etc.. are always the biggest backers of getting the number of H1B visas increased. THey always are.
I used to live near microsoft and there are entire apt complexs filled with indian H1B programmers. In the summer, they bring over their parents to visit, and the areas start looking like you've been dropped into a bollywood movie.
ping
Software is a buggy-whip industry. You should quit your whining and go back to school and be retrained for those millions of jobs soon to be available in nano-technology...real soon now...anyday...
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You can smell the complex (curry) from miles away too.
I worked with some of these men and women at a NY, Wall St. located bank. They're an affable bunch and competent. The companies sponser them, pack them three or four in a bunch into small apartments or houses in generally poorer neighborhoods. Their pay is a fraction of their American counterparts. Their language skills are dubious as is their understanding of the applicaions. They basically work on a monkey see, monkey do basis without any creative input.
The next CEO(IO) I hear saying that there is a shortage of qualified American workers should be, at least metaforically, punched in the face.
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