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NY Times: Temporary Visas To Import Talent Help Copycats Take Jobs Abroad

Posted by Soulskill on from the glad-you're-paying-attention-now dept.

ErichTheRed writes: A new article from the NY Times surprised me. It describes what we in the IT industry see all the time — H-1B visas being used way outside of their original purpose. I think this is significant because the article describes the problem well and shows how Tata, Accenture, etc. are offshoring regular office work as well as IT work. I feel that showing the average Joe/Jane that their nice safe middle class office job isn't so safe is the only way to sway popular opinion on this important matter! Reader theodp notes that Congress is making H-1B visa less costly for India-based IT services providers.

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  1. We outsource to keep it local? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "William Werfelman, a vice president and spokesman at New York Life, said the outsourcing was part of a transformation of its technology systems that would soon result in more jobs in the United States. “Our decisions are centered on keeping the company competitive, keeping it in the United States, keeping it growing,” he said."

    We outsource jobs to india to create jobs in the united states. WHY CAN'T YOU PEOPLE SEE THAT?
    Outsourcing also lets us keep the company (read: MY job) in the United States.

    I can't believe he is actually able to say that with a straight face.

    captcha: retail

  2. Re:Is the NYT Racist? by TheSync · · Score: 1, Interesting

    it takes away jobs from U.S. citizens

    Jobs do not belong to U.S. citizens. Jobs are created by companies and can exist anywhere. If you are not competitive, you will not get the job, keep the job, etc.

    Government can not protect you. In fact the "protection" that government tries to provide simply raises the unemployment rate and lowers incomes by harming the economy. The "protection" will be routed around like packets around an outage on the Internet.