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Microsoft Says H-1B Workers Among Those Losing Jobs
CWmike notes that after a US Senator urged Microsoft to lay off H-1B workers first, Microsoft says it is cutting a 'significant number' of foreign workers as part of the layoff it announced last week. But experts say there is nothing in the law requiring a company to cut the jobs of H-1B workers before US workers. David Kussin, an immigration attorney, said, 'In fact, the law is very well designed to say that you have to treat H-1Bs the same as US citizens in all regards.' Another H-1B critic, UC Davis professor Norman Matloff, said the Senator's letter would help their fight. 'If Microsoft doesn't state that they will lay off the H-1Bs first — and they won't state this — then it would be awfully tough for Bill Gates to come back to the Hill and urge an H-1B increase, wouldn't it?'"
Don't forget the part about ignoring 20 million unskilled illegal immigrants.
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
That is one of the worst analogies I've ever heard. You are honestly trying to compare being gay to being a foreign worker? By letting the H1B workers go first you are trying to protect the interests of your natural born citizens. By letting gays go first you are just being an asshole and closed minded.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
- Winston Churchill
Stop implying only American goods are suitable for consumption. If you don't like it, then pay for overpriced unions, and extra CEO bonuses for your American goods. It is all the same no matter where it is made from. This whole argument is nonsense. Labor is labor. I have and will hire the cheapest labor for my Business, because 1) I can earn more revenues and profits, 2) More revenues and profits allow me to expand, thus allowing me to hire more, and 3) its a free country. Learn to adapt you whiners. How about you make yourselves more appealing to companies so they actually want to fork over the extra money? Learn some languages, and learn to type punctual grammar for once. And for Christ's sake, stop acting like America is the only country on earth where people need jobs.
My experience over the past 15 years has been that H1B isn't used to bring in qualified people that we couldn't otherwise find in the US. It's being used to fill the entry level positions.
I don't know why, but it appears that by filling entry level with the H1B individuals this is distorting the free market within the US. Why do they need to go outside the country? Possibly because there has been a decline in people seeking ComSci and other similar degrees. Why would that be the case? Possibly because the IT industry has not addressed their salaries, or work/life balance issues. Possibly also because in my experience IT departments are extremely bad at recruiting out of college. Possibly also because IT departments are bad at developing talent.
Regardless, the influx of H1B individuals filling entry level positions is destroying the entire IT industry because we are no longer developing talent within the country.
This is actually a pretty major issue. Youw ant to call it tribalism, whatever. I'll certainly call it Nationalism. I think it is important for our country to have a functioning free market system, and the H1B system is distorting the free market and not allowing it to function properly.