No matter how much you sit and debate about Vista to be installed or not installed in corporate networks, the leaders in your orgs are going to decide that. Because face it, most of you work for someone who works for someone.... (atleast 4 levels up). So just stay put and get your work done with what you have and stop cribbing. If it is about an issue relating to your home computer, keep yapping...
I have been on H1B for 2 years now and it is my choice to come over and get an advanced degree and work here but there are lot of issues which are pushed below the carpet which many are not aware of.
1. Many of the H1Bs are illegally benched without pay once they land here if they don't have projects and they are completely bewildered as it is a new country and culture and realties and utility companies don't give consideration for you losing your job or not being paid (and rightfully so). Bills have to be paid.
2. A lot of companies especially in India where I am from outrageously misuse the H1B and also the L-1 visa (which is an intra company international transfer) by giving some salary back in India and giving paltry pay in the US which is illegal in many cases because the department of labor requires employers to pay atleast the prevailing wage.
3. There are many 'body shoppers' or contract consultants especially in New Jersey who completely abuse the H1B populace whom they recruit abroad. They never give the visa papers to the employees (so that the employee cannot transfer the visa to another firm if they want to which is perfectly legal any number of times), with hold paystubs/W-2s (which is required for transfer) and generally treat people as slaves at their mercy. I know even well known giant software corporations in India who are doing this at this very moment.
4. If an H1-B worker is fired/laid-off, s/he is considered immediately out of status at the very instant unless they have another job and the visa transferred to that job before losing the current job. Lot of companies grossly misuse this clause of H1B as blackmail (happened with me too) which keeps the employee at a high stress level in many places.
Again, I don't wish to generalize this to all H1B workers as probably most of them are very happy in their jobs and are leading a full life here but there are lot of workers who are suffering.
The only agenda that people like Bill Gates have is to exploit the cheap labor that come streaming in the form of wide-eyed foreigners with a fistful of dreams and not give these jobs to Americans who know their rights and are willing to fight for fair pay. I say these inspite of being a foreigner and at the risk of sounding hypocritical because I think the whole H1B and L1B visa system is flawed and needs a complete revamp which the big corporations like M$, Intel, IBM etc will never allow because corporations are for making a profit and not charity houses.
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No matter how much you sit and debate about Vista to be installed or not installed in corporate networks, the leaders in your orgs are going to decide that. Because face it, most of you work for someone who works for someone .... (atleast 4 levels up). So just stay put and get your work done with what you have and stop cribbing. If it is about an issue relating to your home computer, keep yapping...
I have been on H1B for 2 years now and it is my choice to come over and get an advanced degree and work here but there are lot of issues which are pushed below the carpet which many are not aware of. 1. Many of the H1Bs are illegally benched without pay once they land here if they don't have projects and they are completely bewildered as it is a new country and culture and realties and utility companies don't give consideration for you losing your job or not being paid (and rightfully so). Bills have to be paid. 2. A lot of companies especially in India where I am from outrageously misuse the H1B and also the L-1 visa (which is an intra company international transfer) by giving some salary back in India and giving paltry pay in the US which is illegal in many cases because the department of labor requires employers to pay atleast the prevailing wage. 3. There are many 'body shoppers' or contract consultants especially in New Jersey who completely abuse the H1B populace whom they recruit abroad. They never give the visa papers to the employees (so that the employee cannot transfer the visa to another firm if they want to which is perfectly legal any number of times), with hold paystubs/W-2s (which is required for transfer) and generally treat people as slaves at their mercy. I know even well known giant software corporations in India who are doing this at this very moment. 4. If an H1-B worker is fired/laid-off, s/he is considered immediately out of status at the very instant unless they have another job and the visa transferred to that job before losing the current job. Lot of companies grossly misuse this clause of H1B as blackmail (happened with me too) which keeps the employee at a high stress level in many places. Again, I don't wish to generalize this to all H1B workers as probably most of them are very happy in their jobs and are leading a full life here but there are lot of workers who are suffering. The only agenda that people like Bill Gates have is to exploit the cheap labor that come streaming in the form of wide-eyed foreigners with a fistful of dreams and not give these jobs to Americans who know their rights and are willing to fight for fair pay. I say these inspite of being a foreigner and at the risk of sounding hypocritical because I think the whole H1B and L1B visa system is flawed and needs a complete revamp which the big corporations like M$, Intel, IBM etc will never allow because corporations are for making a profit and not charity houses.