True, but I was specifically referring to the H1B problem. H1B’s are taking away a significant number of middle class jobs. The people I used to hire for $80,000 plus now can’t be placed in jobs I am still paying just as much for.
These outsourcers will not hire Americans period. They hire locally and bring them here so they can promote them through to management. Where an American company will provide the same service with American employees, they are shut out because they can’t provide the cheap offshore labor that backs them up.
The other trick the outsourcers pull is they will provide a cheaper domestic resource with their full contract provided you use them exclusively. That resource will only be someone sent here on an H1B and never a domestic hire.
Regardless of what is happening on the bottom end of labor, the H1B problem has virtually eliminated middle class IT jobs.
I think what you are really referring to is the IT workforce that is off-shore — i.e. they never come to the US, your phone call for IT support goes to India or wherever.
I think that is the result of the expensive regulations US companies face in the US, which also virtually eliminated manufacturing jobs in the US.
If the government would cut back on all the useless regulations that increases the cost to the companies, they would be more able and willing to hire workers in the US.
The H1B visa seems to only allow a few thousand employees in the entire nation per year, that cannot possibly cause a major problem, but as I said, it’s easier to blame that program, to take attention away from the mass invasion of unqualified illegal immigrant who will be costing all taxpayers significant amount of money.
“Regardless of what is happening on the bottom end of labor, the H1B problem has virtually eliminated middle class IT jobs.”
Absolutely; happening in finance as well. Rather than bring in the American workers and tell them they must accept a 25% salary reduction to keep their jobs, they are simply laid off and replaced with Asian coolies.
The oddest thing is that companies that had prided themselves on striving for perfection are now quite willing to accept 50% of the worker talent for 50% of the wages (in every job I see). If customers don;t like it, they can go to Hell.