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To: 9YearLurker
The sorry truth is that much more IT work and chunks of the tech and tech-associated industries would be completely offshored without these programs

I doubt that very much.

It is extremely hard to manage offshore operations, especially when they are located on a different continent. Most executives do not know how to do this and do not want to be bothered with it. Also the project failure rates are too high to conceal.

Executives want a captive and disposable workforce of skilled technicians that they can rent for less than the cost of the store clerk at a 7-11.

The H1B program undercuts local wages and provides an indentured work force with no political recourse.

Another featured import of the h1b program is the practice of suppliers bribing executives to obtain contract awards. This is standard business operation in India and most of the rest of Asia. It is supposedly unlawful in the United States. You can bet with good odds that key executives of Southern California Edison took some kind of "commission" or "consulting fee" as part of the deal with Infosys and Tata Consulting. Such payments are often made to relatives or close friends of the executives.

The H1B program should be terminated. Executives and politicians who keep supporting these types of programs should be thrown out of office.

21 posted on 03/02/2015 6:56:27 AM PST by flamberge
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To: flamberge

1000% agree with you, key for H1b visa is bribe/down payment of house.
Current quality of H1B visa is horrible, they come here on fake resume, they even pay for there own H1b visa. As soon as they land here they jump for another higher paying job.


26 posted on 03/02/2015 7:37:46 AM PST by jennychase
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To: flamberge

What you describe is why many companies contract with offshorers to do that offshore management. You don’t describe an environment whereby many companies can afford to ignore the global pattern and trend.


28 posted on 03/02/2015 7:38:57 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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