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Post #26,207
by a6l6e6x
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1/28/02 10:34:19 PM
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New Re: H1B visas in the news
One of Charlotte LUG members is a contractor (software developer) for the Bank of America here. He has been given an end date and is looking for a new job/assignment. His job right now is to train some new H1Bs that know didly about the business but will be taking over his job. One twist here is that some of the work will actually be performed in India.
Alex
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Post #26,367
by nking
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1/29/02 2:51:50 PM
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New The H1B mess
Desitter said this happened to his job, he was given an End Date and was to train some H1B workers. He said it was like working in India, because of all the H1B workers around him. They worked for half his salary, and they worked fast and they worked long hours for no extra pay.

They move the work over to India because labor is cheaper over there. They can pay them 1/10th the salary they pay over here. $5000USD instead of $50000USD a year for a starting salary. Plus over there they can work 80+ hour weeks in a program code sweat shop IT department.

I've complained about it as well to my critter, but they either don't want to hear it or are on the side of the corporations that are benefitting from all this cheap labor.
"Will code Visual BASIC for cash."
     H1B visas in the news - (Silverlock) - (16) - Jan. 28, 2002, 09:44:13 AM EST
         Cheap indentured servants -NT - (boxley) - Jan. 28, 2002, 09:52:30 AM EST
         The ghost of Desitter - (nking) - (10) - Jan. 28, 2002, 10:20:42 AM EST
             H1B's - (wharris2) - (5) - Jan. 28, 2002, 01:08:56 PM EST
                 Re: H1B's - (pwhysall) - (4) - Jan. 29, 2002, 03:37:04 PM EST
                     Quit crying wolf - (tonytib) - (3) - Jan. 29, 2002, 06:49:10 PM EST
                         The India people call them Hadjis - (nking) - (2) - Jan. 29, 2002, 11:47:06 PM EST
                             That's one side - (tonytib) - (1) - Jan. 30, 2002, 08:56:19 AM EST
                                 Re: That's one side - (wharris2) - Jan. 30, 2002, 09:12:08 AM EST
             Hey, I listened to him. - (inthane-chan) - (3) - Jan. 29, 2002, 05:26:01 PM EST
                 What you said. - (pwhysall) - (2) - Jan. 29, 2002, 05:30:47 PM EST
                     except when you're buying -NT - (tonytib) - (1) - Jan. 29, 2002, 06:38:03 PM EST
                         Unless you don't like - (nking) - Jan. 29, 2002, 11:50:28 PM EST
         Pisses me off - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:18:19 AM EDT
         Re: H1B visas in the news - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - Jan. 28, 2002, 10:34:19 PM EST
             The H1B mess - (nking) - Jan. 29, 2002, 02:51:50 PM EST
         possible solution, make them adhere to Davis Bacon - (boxley) - Jan. 30, 2002, 09:00:38 AM EST

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