Bingo. A point noone seems to ever notice. Eventually it will all fall apart. I've noticed that people have said that people will adapt and move on, but not everyone can. There are a lot of basic developers in the US that will be working at lesser jobs. The impact on the economy will be huge. The Gov't just hasn't figured it out yet because they look at the stock market. Sure companies are making a profit because they are using cheap labor to get the job done, but there will be noone to buy the product unless you are doing B2B. That will not keep things going. Eventually change will occur.
Very true. You probably have ten times the skills of these H1B's. You don't have a job because corporations can bring people over from other countries to work for pennies. They may be useless in comparison to you, but the save the company money and it makes the bottom line look good. This is a truly sad country we live in if we can't take care of our own. Shame on our government. Shame on the companies that hire these people. May they rot in hell or at least be run over by a large truck. Good luck in finding a job.
My company is constantly bringing in new H1-B programmers from Eastern Europe and Russia. I could not help but take note that these programmers (actually coders, they can't seem to program worth a damn) actually have 3 year contracts. My question then is what happens if someone is to be laid off in this time of slowdown? Well, I have no contract as very few REAL American workers that are permanent employees do. I think one of the things we should do is to start sending these H1-B folks back where they came from seeing that we don't need them anymore. Sorry if I sound a bit rough, but this infuriates me to no end. I think we should start petitioning our CongressMen(Women).
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Bingo. A point noone seems to ever notice. Eventually it will all fall apart. I've noticed that people have said that people will adapt and move on, but not everyone can. There are a lot of basic developers in the US that will be working at lesser jobs. The impact on the economy will be huge. The Gov't just hasn't figured it out yet because they look at the stock market. Sure companies are making a profit because they are using cheap labor to get the job done, but there will be noone to buy the product unless you are doing B2B. That will not keep things going. Eventually change will occur.
Very true. You probably have ten times the skills of these H1B's. You don't have a job because corporations can bring people over from other countries to work for pennies. They may be useless in comparison to you, but the save the company money and it makes the bottom line look good. This is a truly sad country we live in if we can't take care of our own. Shame on our government. Shame on the companies that hire these people. May they rot in hell or at least be run over by a large truck. Good luck in finding a job.
My company is constantly bringing in new H1-B programmers from Eastern Europe and Russia. I could not help but take note that these programmers (actually coders, they can't seem to program worth a damn) actually have 3 year contracts. My question then is what happens if someone is to be laid off in this time of slowdown? Well, I have no contract as very few REAL American workers that are permanent employees do. I think one of the things we should do is to start sending these H1-B folks back where they came from seeing that we don't need them anymore. Sorry if I sound a bit rough, but this infuriates me to no end. I think we should start petitioning our CongressMen(Women).