I had been processing I9 candidates on the average of six to ten a day at our center. I9 is the H-1B code and the majority were from Infosys. They were either from Pakistan or India and were going to Microsoft.
Ebeneezer Scrooge did not reform at the end of the story.
Huh????
Kill it.
“...and remember to always type in code, b = z, z = a, etc....it is company policy to code so that only the creator can read it.”
If a company needs an HB-1 worker because they can’t find a qualified American worker no problem we’ll just adjust the law. Here’s how the new HB-1 visa program works, you can’t find an American then you have to pay the foreign worker 3 times the highest American wage for that position plus a tax surcharge of 20% of the wage. If that foreign worker is so essential then they’ll gladly pay for it. We’ll see just how vital these foreign workers really are!
I’m an IT engineer at a company that uses TCS for application development and Tier II support. It’s been my experience that the support engineers they provide are often no more than script-reading troubleshooters, and when they are outside of their script, they cannot function. There are always exceptions, but we were recently tasked with interviewing a handful of candidates to provide assistance with vulnerability remediation and found that many of them had a hard time articulating what, exactly, they would do to perform simple tasks such as registry editing or even locating specific files in a file system on both Linux and Windows platforms.
I’m not saying they’re useless. Businesses often go this route to get cheap labor without having to pay for healthcare, retirement, etc. My contention on this is that domestic engineers often work longer hours, have better understanding of corporate systems, and put in the time on weekends and holidays to keep the company running which is part of the mentality of “earning one’s keep.” I know I do it without question. It’s part of being an IT professional.
I'll not name him.
He's a die-hard Cruz supporter.
I, of course said "sure thing" and immediately set my goal to be the first one out. With the exception of a DBA that had just been hired and was able to return to his prior employer, I succeeded and was able to give my notice within a few weeks.
TCS ended up having 3 people trying to do my job, unsuccessfully. My previous employer actually contacted my new employer in order to obtain my knowledge. It was fun answering thier questions, after asking for a billing code. LOL. That came to a screeching halt once my former employer got the first bill and realized that they were paying the same money for 15 hours per week of help as they were for me full time as an employee. That was 2008. I'm now making double my final salary there. Life is good!!
I think we will find this has become very common
and many of these companies will be political darlings and big donors (Cronies)