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."

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That's cute

[quonset]

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.

You thought Trump would fulfill his "promises"? Remember when he said he'd put Hillary in jail? How about when he said he wouldn't have time to go golfing because he'd be too busy working? Mexico paying for the wall? Draining the swamp?

Like so many others who voted for Trump, you've been conned.

Re:That's cute

[ccguy]

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.

You thought Trump would fulfill his "promises"?

I don't think he's going to deliver, but let's be serious, it's been less than 2 months.
Someone else was in office 8 years and didn't close Guantanamo.

But in general, I think anyone that promises "jobs" these days is just a liar or clueless.

Okay......

[JustAnotherOldGuy]

I know that we mere mortals can't edit our posts (O The Horror) but for fuck's sake, can't the editors even correct a typo?

Not to put too fine a point on it, but the word "editor" is based on the word "edit". That implies the ability to ummm, edit.

Is the ability to alter a post outside the lofty control of the Powers That Be?

Re:IEEE, your grandpa's club

[JustAnotherOldGuy]

Everyone is 50+ with extremely outdated skillsets.

Having experience is a bad thing? Since when?

Also, understanding how things work is a skillset that will never go out of style. These guys knows things that you'll never, ever comprehend.

Now go back to guzzling Red Bull and coding your newest Tinder clone, dumbfuck.

People expect Trump to honor his promises?

[gweihir]

Whenever I think people cannot get any dumber, something like this is in the news. Expecting a pathological liar to keep promises is hard to top, but I am sure the idiots will find a way to do even dumber things.