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IEEE-USA Criticizes Failure To Reform The H-!B Program (ieee.org)
Slashdot reader Tekla Perry writes: IEEE USA says H-1B visas are a tool used to avoid paying U.S. wages. "For every visa used by Google to hire a talented non-American for $126,000, ten Americans are replaced by outsourcing companies paying their H-1B workers $65,000," says the current IEEE USA president, writing with the past president and president-elect. The outsourcing companies, Infosys, Cognizant, Wipro, and Tata Consultancy in 2014 "used 21,695 visas, or more than 25 percent of all private-sector H-1B visas used that year. Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Uber, for comparison, used only 1,763 visas, or 2 percent," they say.
On Friday, IEEE-USA also issued a new criticism about the lack of progress in reforming the H-1B program, saying "At least 50,000 Americans will lose their jobs this year because the president has yet to fulfill the promise he made to millions who voted for him."
On Friday, IEEE-USA also issued a new criticism about the lack of progress in reforming the H-1B program, saying "At least 50,000 Americans will lose their jobs this year because the president has yet to fulfill the promise he made to millions who voted for him."
HB, or H not B. That is the question
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
What are they teaching school kids in Oklahoma these days?
1. In Oklahoma, most people are literally so ignorant that they believe the word "ignorant" actually means "belligerent"
2. Most Oklahomans ("Okies") think cinder blocks are called center blocks (of course, if they could read the label at Lowe's or Home Depot, this might not be a problem)
3. When someone would say "heighth," I'd be tempted to ask "You mean like "weighth?"
4. Had to enroll one of the gf's kids in a new elementary school during the middle of the year; imagine our surprise when the teacher sent home a flyer on Feb 13st... announcing Valentime's Day- "What time is it?" "Valentime's."