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University of California Hires India-Based IT Outsourcer, Lays Off Tech Workers (computerworld.com)
dcblogs writes from a report via Computerworld: The University of California is laying off a group of IT workers at its San Francisco campus as part of a plan to move work offshore. Laying off IT workers as part of a shift to offshore is somewhere between rare and unheard-of in the public sector. The layoffs will happen at the end of February, but before the final day arrives the IT employees expect to train foreign replacements from India-based IT services firm HCL. The firm is working under a university contract valued at $50 million over five years. This layoff affects 17% of UCSF's total IT staff, broken down this way: 49 IT permanent employees will lose their jobs, along with 12 contract employees and 18 vendor contractors. This number also includes 18 vacant IT positions that won't be filled, according to the university. Governments and publicly supported institutions, such as UC, have contracted with offshore outsourcers, but usually it's for new IT work or to supplement an existing project. The HCL contract with UCSF can be used by other UC campuses, which means the layoffs may expand across its 10 campuses. HCL is a top user of H-1B visa workers.
You've let the worst human beings rule this world since... a long time now. You expect *good* news to just appear without doing anything about it? This nightmare will continue until a good person (if such a thing exists) decides to put a stop to it.
Trump is very much against this. Hillary Clinton is an endorser of the H1B program. I'm a Canadian and seems I know more about this than you do. Follow some of Trump's speeches more closely and listen for yourself.
Currently a UCSF student. Many people don't realize this but UCSF is exclusively a medical professional school with no undergraduate degrees. Students here are a minority compared to the system of hospitals run by professionals. https://www.ucsf.edu/about/economic-impact-report/employment-economic-stimulus
It isn't exactly working that way.
No US workers are being laid off to hire H1B's. UCSF just cut their IT costs by going to an outside contractor and laying off a portion of their workforce - this is perfectly legal. And just so happens to be the way the system is rigged to get around laws protecting US workers. The contractor is able to supply IT workers at a lower cost per head than the existing employees because they use H1Bs that work for considerably less salary. UCSF benefits from less employee overhead, and the contracting firm gets paid the H1B's salary plus a bit more for profit.
By inserting the contractor between the company and the H1B workers, companies are immune from H1B restrictions.
Just about every H1B story that hits the news (SCE, Disney, etc.) use this method.
I tried every decent and legal way I could think of to resolve the issue w/the business before I rented the chicken suit