Posted on 06/26/2020 1:41:33 PM PDT by NobleFree
Good ones, yeah, are always expensive—and probably just got moreso. But whining Freepers are still available relatively cheap!
Okay, I kid. Mostly.
The company I work for was one of the first in India some 20+ years ago. Back then it was 10 cents on the dollar. But then the Indians got clever with their bouncing from one company to another and creating fake certificates. From the amount of re-work we have to do in the states it never paid for itself.
Now that Indians cost about 50 cents on the dollar, we have moved to the Philippines were they are about 20 cents to the dollar.
The only benefit I see is that their accent is understandable.
You've seen that too?
Isn't that what production is for? After all, Agile doesn't allow for testing or documentation. Grrr.
Well, if they’d quit looking under $30/hr they’d find 10s of thousands.
And they speak perfect American.
“How many U.S. citizens graduate from college each year with a degree in software engineering or computer science? “
That’s a bullshit requirement and threshold.
ALL of the best tech workers I’ve worked with, and I have worked with the best in the world, had no degree whatsoever. And many didn’t have a HS diploma.
But in India you can read a tech manual and buy a degree for $5k.
And they may have to increase salaries!
If we halted everything at present technology, it wouldn't impose much of a burden on anyone.
If we halted action movies and boy-band music, it wouldn't impose much of a burden on anyone. It's a blessing that we have disposable income to spend on frivolities.
I agree. My son (18) and his friends have HS diplomas and these kids can program better than I can (but I am retired and don't do much anymore...)...
Or can be bribed to know nothing.
I know plenty of folks who were in the tech industry, doing just fine at their jobs, and when their position was cut they never found another one. A few got back into tech jobs by getting a job in other areas of the company and hopping back.
It is an open secret that there are a lot of Indian racists in the tech industry - such that once many organizations reach more than about 40% Indian, you never see another American hired again, and the ‘anti-discrimination’ rules don’t work to stop that.
BS. Anyone who actually works in the trenches in a tech field knows this is a lie.
H1B needs to happen under the old rules where you had to prove you could not find a qualified American.
You can bring someone in, but their wages under the program have a 20% tax, and you must pay them 20% above the median for the position.
And pay employer taxes for hiring your sons, daughters and neighbors. Our own government dodges taxes this way as an example for the coporate cronies.
I have read that FORBES is owned by the Chinese.
The Chinese want more of their spys working for American companies so they can steal intellectual information.
Oh, they absolutely do that. They KNOW the Indians will submit fake resumes that have every single requirement and hire them anyway. Total fraud. I suspect that most of the diplomas are fake as well.
They will fudge median salary numbers and find loopholes. How about a 200,000 fee upfront per h1-b? That would do the trick.
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