Why not offshore US workers to somewhere cheaper? I'm surprised no one's proactively creating a tech hub in Latin America,
I'm trying to do something similar at my own company (although in Europe), I've been very sorely disappointed by how few takers we've managed to get. Most of which lack actual enthusiasm for any of the work and have been too lazy to even do minimum research on what they're even applying for.
America obviously has something they want or they wouldn't be fighting to bring in H1-Bs.
For some of the U.S. head-quartered companies I've worked with that were under going change management, it was more about operational risk and cost-benefit analysis when it came to staying in the U.S. interestingly, the biggest motivator was most often cost, not risk. I fully expect with the removal of H1-B, it would increase the predicted costs of operation in the U.S.
Except... those companies already pay six-digit salaries.
Considering the amount of recruiters I get offering just $60,000 salary or less for working in the US (this is less than I get paid annually, lol), I don't think so. When I researched it (I was genuinely curious was $60,000 always seemed to be the most they were willing to spend), it turns out that you can be an "exempt H-1B nonimmigrant" which is someone who earns at least $60,000 per year or holds a master's degree (or similar, higher) related to the area of employment. I believe much of what brings immigrants to the U.S. is the hope of the 'American dream', which seems closer to a fantasy than realistic to me. I have a feeling even if this rule came in, you would still have this exemption rule on education which would not assist the situation.
Rather than a salary limit, I'd rather see a limit on the percentage of employees and/or contractors on H1-B. For example, no more than 5% of workforce in the applicant's position. That seems like a better cap. That would help insure that 95% of the available positions are filled by American citizens.
Sounds like a reason to move more offices outside of the U.S. to me?
At one of my jobs, the company used to find an ideal H1-B candidate and then write the job description tailored to their resume to satisfy the requirement that there were no Americans that could fit the job..... Don't you just love the free market.
When I apply for jobs, I tailor my CV/resume/application to the job.
Cancel foreign labor all together. No H1Bs, no work visas. Give these companies a reason to value their employees again instead of treating them like expendable throwaway resources.
I'd really like this, the brain drain caused by U.S. companies makes finding decent local talent annoying. Importing external talent unfortunately is more difficult here than the U.S.
Indeed, better is subjective, unlike having the ability to comprehend and then act on knowledge which was passed on to you as part of your being raised by educated and caring parents or through a decent school system.
I would be at a bigger disadvantage than the typical American then. My parents were too busy with their own problems to deal with mine and I couldn't even speak the language used at the school I went to, and the schools I went to had no concept of even teaching a foreigner (in fact I've been accused of stealing their land, jobs etc). The schools themselves based upon the ex-soviet communist system where you learn by heart and obey, no thinking allowed mythos in a county where anyone 'thoughtful' under the soviet rule would have been silently disappeared since they are inferior to Russians (fascinating history you don't see in history books).
I fully admit, the only reason why I got this far was because I had access to the Internet and absorbed a lot from it.
Then there is that ugly issue of mental health which some estimates range as high as afflicting one in four Americans.
I was also at a disadvantage, because the country I was in when growing up did not take understanding of mental issues beyond the biomedical. Everything was a chemical imbalance; autism, ADHD etc? Not recognised. I also went through a few traumatic experiences that no child should be exposed to. I was also prone to being the target of prejudicial hate crimes, which made it impossible for me to seek any sort of support. I fully expect I have some mental issues.
the likelihood of you reaching any level of stability are decreasing at a rate closely following the rate of change.
Maybe, but, if I can manage the situation having being, at least, in my opinion, significantly disadvantaged in life, others can too.
I have no idea why people cannot figure out this simple stuff, and just imagine that extra $1600.00 dollars a month in your pocket after 15 years. But given that the 30 year mortgages are still the standard, It looks as if I'm in a minority.
Especially in this day and age when you have online mortgage calculators, mortgage comparison websites and a wealth of information out there on how to get an effective one, yet so many people just get a mortgage from their bank without even shopping around, never mind calculating.
I suspect our friend with his stereotypes belongs to that majority group - giving away their wealth with no insight as to how they are giving it away.
Implicit in your response is the attitude that you are somehow better than the average person because you are innovative.
Better is subjective. I don't judge myself above others, in fact, this is why I expect everyone to be able to do anything I can do.
Interestingly, one has to wonder how this will turn out for you in the longer run.
In my case, because I take a lot of risks, it will likely be a rollercoaster of having money, no money, money etc. But, I go forward doing these things and lead a happy life.
If only there were some internet-related meme to describe such an action.
I heard you like assumptions, so I put assumptions in your assumptions?
In order to have two bank accounts, one needs to have money. So, Peter Hahn, where do I get all this magic money you speak of? Working full time does not do it. Maybe you could give us all some so we can open multiple bank accounts?
I work full time and can spread my money around different accounts just fine. Clearly, you're doing it wrong.
Presumably he is saying each of the entities should have 2 accounts each but this is pretty unworkable as it costs quite a lot business acocunts arent free while personal ones are here in the UK
Maybe you need to look a little harder, I have had business bank accounts in the UK that do not have monthly fees etc. Talking from personal experience, it doesn't take that long to make a spreadsheet of the options.
why do people even bother about uk? it is a declining society, in debt to others, with ever less share of world gdp, a slave state to usa.
Despite lack of growth of in the UK, there is still plenty more money companies make from offering the UK services that are only over shadowed by the USA and Asia. As an example, if you look at Deloitte's member firms, the two largest ones are 'USA & India', 'UK & Switzerland' - interestingly, UK is the big earner in the latter, the money the UK practice makes goes beyond that of all the other member firms combined, only eclipsed by US & India.
as such increasingly irrelevant to world affairs, nobody bothers about netherlands, so why uk?
Outside of trade, because of the EU, the UK still extremely relevant to world affairs as the commonwealth and peacekeeping (some peace keeping has been going on since World War 2).
The Netherlands is a nation that countries hold some resentment to because of the high interest loans it has a tendency to dangle in front of suffering nations.
who cares if british perverts in government spy on whether rest of the british still engage as usual in national cultural practice of male male sodomy?
Probably the same people who assume that the first UK phone network, which was operated by the post office was never monitored (it has always been).
I think though that the risk that people don't like, is that numerous companies will meet these standards for encryption to meet country requirements and apply this to an international audience too, making them vulnerable.
The attacks on Paris make rational sense in that they are probably one of the weaker world powers.
France has at least two submarines with nuclear launch capabilities per country and has them in effective range of the majority of nations while in constant rotation. They have some of the most hardcore military training in the foreign legion. As far as 'one of the weaker world powers', I think they might be only second to Russia when it comes to being prepared to commit to a war and the way they are setup, I believe they could stand doing a war of attrition today if necessary.
If you want to hire people from 3rd world countries, thereby undercutting labor rates, then locate your business there. You'll do more to help that country raise their standard of living by doing that. Not that you were truly interested in doing that.
In my experience, what seems to commonly happens in the UK when larger companies can't get the talent they desire on visas (I get the impression it's for cost reasons), is they just outsource all the work to a consultancy in another country. They end up paying more than intended and cut off more UK staff to meet expected earnings.
Do you have any experience similar to this you could share?
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I'm trying to do something similar at my own company (although in Europe), I've been very sorely disappointed by how few takers we've managed to get. Most of which lack actual enthusiasm for any of the work and have been too lazy to even do minimum research on what they're even applying for.
For some of the U.S. head-quartered companies I've worked with that were under going change management, it was more about operational risk and cost-benefit analysis when it came to staying in the U.S. interestingly, the biggest motivator was most often cost, not risk. I fully expect with the removal of H1-B, it would increase the predicted costs of operation in the U.S.
Considering the amount of recruiters I get offering just $60,000 salary or less for working in the US (this is less than I get paid annually, lol), I don't think so. When I researched it (I was genuinely curious was $60,000 always seemed to be the most they were willing to spend), it turns out that you can be an "exempt H-1B nonimmigrant" which is someone who earns at least $60,000 per year or holds a master's degree (or similar, higher) related to the area of employment. I believe much of what brings immigrants to the U.S. is the hope of the 'American dream', which seems closer to a fantasy than realistic to me. I have a feeling even if this rule came in, you would still have this exemption rule on education which would not assist the situation.
Sounds like a reason to move more offices outside of the U.S. to me?
When I apply for jobs, I tailor my CV/resume/application to the job.
I'd really like this, the brain drain caused by U.S. companies makes finding decent local talent annoying. Importing external talent unfortunately is more difficult here than the U.S.
Can someone link me to the source of this reference?
I'm not American, but even I know that's a State law and not necessarily even criminalized.
I would be at a bigger disadvantage than the typical American then. My parents were too busy with their own problems to deal with mine and I couldn't even speak the language used at the school I went to, and the schools I went to had no concept of even teaching a foreigner (in fact I've been accused of stealing their land, jobs etc). The schools themselves based upon the ex-soviet communist system where you learn by heart and obey, no thinking allowed mythos in a county where anyone 'thoughtful' under the soviet rule would have been silently disappeared since they are inferior to Russians (fascinating history you don't see in history books).
I fully admit, the only reason why I got this far was because I had access to the Internet and absorbed a lot from it.
I was also at a disadvantage, because the country I was in when growing up did not take understanding of mental issues beyond the biomedical. Everything was a chemical imbalance; autism, ADHD etc? Not recognised. I also went through a few traumatic experiences that no child should be exposed to. I was also prone to being the target of prejudicial hate crimes, which made it impossible for me to seek any sort of support. I fully expect I have some mental issues.
Maybe, but, if I can manage the situation having being, at least, in my opinion, significantly disadvantaged in life, others can too.
Especially in this day and age when you have online mortgage calculators, mortgage comparison websites and a wealth of information out there on how to get an effective one, yet so many people just get a mortgage from their bank without even shopping around, never mind calculating.
Possibly.
Better is subjective. I don't judge myself above others, in fact, this is why I expect everyone to be able to do anything I can do.
In my case, because I take a lot of risks, it will likely be a rollercoaster of having money, no money, money etc. But, I go forward doing these things and lead a happy life.
I heard you like assumptions, so I put assumptions in your assumptions?
I'll enlighten you with my own experiences. Innovation is key to a plan to acquire more funds above the average person.
You seem to be assuming I am not part of the rest of the world. You're just as guilty of the generalizations you're trying to apply to that person.
This is also what pro EU entities fear.
I work full time and can spread my money around different accounts just fine. Clearly, you're doing it wrong.
Maybe you need to look a little harder, I have had business bank accounts in the UK that do not have monthly fees etc. Talking from personal experience, it doesn't take that long to make a spreadsheet of the options.
Why don't you just visit their site instead of making yourself look like a fool?
I'm pretty certain I have been using PHP threads for almost a decade now...?
Sorry to go off topic, Tepples. Mind if I steal your signature? I believe we have a mutual friend that needs to hear this repeated numerous times.
This USB serial port worked for me where others did not due to latency issues for timing sensitive software.
How did your company prevent RNG analysis?
Despite lack of growth of in the UK, there is still plenty more money companies make from offering the UK services that are only over shadowed by the USA and Asia. As an example, if you look at Deloitte's member firms, the two largest ones are 'USA & India', 'UK & Switzerland' - interestingly, UK is the big earner in the latter, the money the UK practice makes goes beyond that of all the other member firms combined, only eclipsed by US & India.
Outside of trade, because of the EU, the UK still extremely relevant to world affairs as the commonwealth and peacekeeping (some peace keeping has been going on since World War 2).
The Netherlands is a nation that countries hold some resentment to because of the high interest loans it has a tendency to dangle in front of suffering nations.
Probably the same people who assume that the first UK phone network, which was operated by the post office was never monitored (it has always been).
I think though that the risk that people don't like, is that numerous companies will meet these standards for encryption to meet country requirements and apply this to an international audience too, making them vulnerable.
France has at least two submarines with nuclear launch capabilities per country and has them in effective range of the majority of nations while in constant rotation. They have some of the most hardcore military training in the foreign legion. As far as 'one of the weaker world powers', I think they might be only second to Russia when it comes to being prepared to commit to a war and the way they are setup, I believe they could stand doing a war of attrition today if necessary.
I don't believe developers are allowed to provide programmable applications on IOS, or at least, weren't until recently if that's changed.
Netscape Communicator 4.8?
In my experience, what seems to commonly happens in the UK when larger companies can't get the talent they desire on visas (I get the impression it's for cost reasons), is they just outsource all the work to a consultancy in another country. They end up paying more than intended and cut off more UK staff to meet expected earnings.
Do you have any experience similar to this you could share?