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- A category under the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act by which aliens can enter the U.S. for three years if they work in a specialized field and their employers cannot...
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- Use H-1B or L-1 workers? Prepare for a Federal audit!
- About timeThere are employers who have > 50% of their workforce as foreign workers. I can't imagine all of them are doing things according to the letter of the law.RE: Use H-1B or L-1 workers? Prepare for a Federal audit!this is probably the only good thing to come...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-12
- Government is killing Silicon Valley innovation
- Who cares?'m tired of this struggle for capitalism, I'm off to Galt's Gulch.Wah, wah, wah!Americans like Franklin, Westinghouse, Whitny, Kilby, didn't need fake "incentives"!Massengill Satchel"I don?t want to come across as a crying venture capitalist " but..............Sickening. Self-centered VC story. Complaining about access to talent, h1b's etc. No mention of...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-07
- Why U.S. Visa policies are like Microsoft Windows
- Why U.S. Visa policies are like Microsoft WindowsClick whoring, are you?Are you implying that Mac OS X doesn't need patching? Patches are never issued for Linux? Of course they are. But nothing draws click revenue like a good Windows-bashing title. Cut the whining already.W/o these H1Bs...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-18
- H-1B visas rife with fraud, worker mistreatment
- H-1B visas rife with fraud, worker mistreatmentWell, Duh.....Anyone working in the tech field can provide many examples of this activity. The financial services company where I work is almost completely outsourced to Indian vendor company workers, over here on H-1B's. Additionally, many of us here have trained the very people...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Reports: You should have no trouble finding IT work
- Reports: You should have no trouble finding IT workIgnores the effect of the H-1B program.Any employment gains have been sucked up by the H-1B and L-1 programs long ago.. (over a million plus in the last six years.Stagnant wages while inflation is runing amok, increased unpaid overtime, layoffs.. all are...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- U.S. tech sector jobs show strong growth, but lack of engineers could hurt in future
- U.S. tech sector jobs show strong growth, but lack of engineers could hurt in futureIn other news...IBM, AMD, Intel, Boeing..announce job cutsThese "shortage of engineer" articles are starting to smell fishy when balanced against job cuts and outsourcing news from the same companies that complain about shortages.Why not just cut...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- America's blocked labor policies
- America's blocked labor policiesAll of our restrictions help Canada though. Companies, including MS are nowsetting up shop in Canada to get around US restrictions. Also, India and others will benefit, as more people stay home. Not sure what the solution is, but we only hurt ourselves with the restrictions.RE: America's...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-25
- Senators propose infinite H-1Bs for advanced degree holders
- Senators propose infinite H-1Bs for advanced degree holdersagain the congress sold us out!Everyting seems to be against the people that try to make a decent living.Importing cheap labor and exporting jobs overseas seems to be the the 'new trade' our elected officials have invented.I thought that a democratic congress could...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-15
- Does H-1B surge mean cap should be raised?
- Does H-1B surge mean cap should be raised?30% of Microsoft Workforce in US Reported not US CitizensThe radio in Seattle this morning reported the thirty percent of the workforce currently working for Microsoft on US soil do not hold US Citizenship. The statistic is alarming but I had rationalized that...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-04
- Senate bill gives Americans preference for tech jobs
- Senate bill gives Americans preference for tech jobsNot a bad proposal.Especially this:They would be required to pledge that they made a "good faith" effort to hire an American before taking on an H-1B worker and that the foreigner was not displacing a prospective U.S. worker. Employers would also have to...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-03
- Some H-1B workers underpaid, federal auditors say
- Some H-1B workers underpaid, federal auditors sayGet Rid Of ItHey,Maybe they should just get rid of the program and pay Americans.There'd be plenty of US workers availableif US companies would quit firing and laying them off. Why is there are places where you couldn't buy yourself an IT job,...
- Discussion threads 2006-06-23
- Bush shows support for tech industry
- Bush shows support for tech industryWell since some of you hate George so muchyou'll give up technolgy now?Bush "has advocated" education improvementsSeems like Mr. Bush could have done more by taking more consistent action to improve technical education in the US, and by avoiding policy that actively dimishes or stops...
- Discussion threads 2006-04-21
- More H1-B visas on the way?
- More H1-B visas on the way?How much more fraud and abuse?The stories on this subject are endless. There exists a vast amount of data to indicate that this program is nothing more than a vehicle for companies to import foreign scabs. There is no shortage of IT workers...
- Discussion threads 2005-11-04
- IT pay increases connected to outsourcing backlash, says study
- IT pay increases connected to outsourcing backlash, says studyWhen the employment level returns to pre-offshroing levels,in both terms of pay AND employment figures, I'll be happy.American corporations should be hiring Americans or moving out entirely to become Indian companies based in India and hiring Indians. What American companies are...
- Discussion threads 2005-07-21
- 39% of 2003 H1B approvals were for tech industry, 37% brought people from India
- 39%% of H1B foreign worker visa petitions approved in 2003 were for workers in computer-related occupations, with nearly 37% of all approvals that year for workers born in India.
- Blog posts 2005-05-25
- Bill adds 20,000 H-1B visas
- Bill adds 20,000 H-1B visasGod bless America, you awesome Republicans!People keep saying to let the Republicans screw the country over so badly that next election provided it is not too too rigged they'll go all Democrat out of disgust over the Republican trouncing of the country on so many levels....
- Discussion threads 2004-11-22
- H-1B visa limit reached
- H-1B visa limit reachedIf a company needs a H1BIf a company says they need a H1B....Get them to send their job spec to Immigration, Immigration can send it round the US job agencies and see if they can fill it with US staff.If they can fill it, then the company...
- Discussion threads 2004-02-18
- Study: IT, telecom on recovery path
- Study: IT, telecom on recovery pathMerrill and GoldmanBoth of them don't really know how to handle IT at the moment and that's why they outsource overseas in panic. For Merrill there was already number of failed project's. For Goldman we will see that GS India.If the level of overaseas outsourcing...
- Discussion threads 2003-11-03
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- Microsoft fixes IE patch again
- A Patch To Fix A PatchMicrosoft is up to its old tricks again.Yes, Microsoft IS up to its old tricks...... fixing things that don't work, repairing broken code, and generally looking after its customers. Too bad they can't do the same for you. (Fixing things that don't work)@Confused...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- IT skills top the in-demand list at online freelance marketplace
- eLance - A Great Way to Avoid H1B Costsi have been a paid user of eLance as an IT service provider. while there were a few exceptions - very few - i found a majority of the work was going to off-shore bidders, particularly those in India. if i...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-18
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