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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 04:57 PM Original message |
H-1B visa use cuts U.S. programmer, software engineer wages by up to 6% |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. Globalization = race to the bottom. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. It's only a matter of time, |
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Angleae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Problem is that managers live in their own fanatsy world. |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Exactly. |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. "what is going on in public companies" - Shocker. Laying off US workers in |
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NeoConsSuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. And then there's IBM |
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CubicleGuy (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. H-1B visa-holders are helping U.S. competitiveness |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Yup. When people say "We're competing with the world", it's not about the talent. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Maybe, but H1-b's do have an upside for the economy |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:24 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. The supposed reason companies give for using H1-Bs is |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 05:23 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. If They are Bringing in H1B's and Laying People Off the Same Jobs at the Same Time |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I'd slam a HUGE excise tax |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. H-1B's (Indians in particular) are sending money home... |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. K&R |
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ryanmuegge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yeah, that'll stimulate the economy. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. You forgot the sarcasm tag... |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. Computerworld is all over this H-1B visa issue. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. It sure has. I've been keeping up with them daily. n/t |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. uh, try 20-30%, not 6% |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. 6%, yeah right. |
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ardvark (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. cuts it WAY more than 6 percent |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
14. Not "up to". It's AT LEAST. And it does worse than that by outright destroying skill building |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
15. Cuts wages 100% for those displaced by this scam. |
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The Sushi Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
16. It also affects project management software users |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
20. At least 6%. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. Noooooo. You don't say, eh? |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
22. ...and that's exactly why H-1B visas get used. n/t |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
23. Did they really even need a study? I could have told them that years ago. n/t |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
24. I used to be a headhunter |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
28. Corporatist strategy, out-source jobs where possible & in-source labor for the rest. That won't stop |
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