US Justice Dept. Investigates IT Hiring Practices

Zecheus writes "The Wall Street Journal (no paywall on this story) reports that the Justice Department is 'stepping up' an investigation of hiring practices of US technology firms, such as Google, Intel, IBM, and Apple. From the article: 'The inquiry is focused on whether companies, particularly in the technology sector, have agreed not to recruit each other's employees in ways that violate antitrust law. Specifically, the probe is looking into whether the companies' hiring practices are costing skilled computer engineers and other workers opportunities to change jobs for higher pay or better benefits.'"

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Re:wait i'm confused

[MyLongNickName]

If you can be replaced by an Indian code monkey, you don't deserve to have an IT job. Having worked with a number of them, I can say with all sincerity that the average Indian outsourcer has the programming capabilities of the College Junior who is signed up for IT because they want a big paycheck. No creativity... no inherent understanding.

And this is from a manager.. not someone who's job is threatened by this type of outsourcing.