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India Becoming a Major Hub for Western Job Seekers
MaximusTheGreat writes: "IHT and Financial Express report that many qualified Western professionals are moving to India for jobs. Two of the most common reasons mentioned are adding the Indian experience to the CV and search of better opportunities in a booming Indian economy. According to a Mumbai based head hunting firm, "A lot of the highly qualified talent has traditionally been mobile and attracted to centers of excellence globally. This was true of the US in the early 80s when top flight talent from India migrated in search of better opportunities. Today, the same is happening to economies such as India and China" This should also bust the myth that foreigners are not allowed work in India."
Perhaps this is why. While Moron-at-large is busy killing Iraqis for oil and the Twits in London are busy sucking up to "Sir" Bill, the President of India discusses the role of open source software in society with Richard Stallman. http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/01/stories/2004020104 231000.htm
My knowledge (indirect) says yes it is. I remember watching a special (on Discovery Channel I think) called "Come Home Alive". One episode was about a medical student (who looked Indian to me) and his wife (moved from India when was about 6) and how, despite looking the same, were abused at every opportunity.
They had their water and electric cut off for a while, simply because they were Americans. When he was kidnapped, the police helped the kidnappers. Apparently the police in India are paid rather poorly and bribes are done pretty much openly. Indian lawyers hired by his family to help him charged his family American rates, not the local rates.
He (and his family) eventually bribed some people to help him escape, and fled back to the US. He has no desire to ever go back. This is not to say all Indians are bad. His Indian roommate (after his wife had it with the abuse and moved back to the US) did what he could to help him and it was his wife's uncle that was the getaway driver.
There are differences. Americans are not liked in many parts of the world.
"People come to the US looking for jobs..PANIC!!!! People leave the US looking for jobs...PANIC!!! President tries to solve this problem by trying to kill all those annoying foreigners...PANIC!!!"
Actually the two things are related. They have been sending people here to set up consultancies for years. They get start-up funding like you wouldn't believe from back home. A guy that worked for me graduated about a month before taking a job at our company. I helped him get through the H1B visa process hardly knowing what the thing was at the time. he worked for us for a year or so, then went out and bought a Farrari (sp?), a huge house, and started his own company. Just like that. Now he ships work back to India.
I have no problem with him doing this, or with the fat cats back in India helping him.
I DO have a problem with the morons here in congress who voted (and continue to vote) for extending the H1B visa program so that more and more of this can happen. H1B has been a total failure, in addition to making terrorist infiltration easier, we have lost jobs, productivity, and economic stability as a results. Just wait 'till all the results are in.
Maybe we should be allowed to vote in some politicians from India. I bet the problem would get straightened out real fast if that were a possibility.