Thread: 90% of computer jobs in US go to H-1B visa holders

Originally Posted by jshhmr

I was looking at an IT job posting yesterday here in Ft Worth, and it said "not accepting H1B applicants at this time". I wonder if this will be a trend?

Although I am seeing that, too, it has not made getting job interviews any easier for Americans since 'not accepting H1B applicants at this time' usually means that Americans are being laid off from their jobs as well.

Why don't they hire a bunch of college graduates from India and have them run GM using the Internet? That would save plenty of money and they might not even need a bailout. Or if they do it wouldn't cost so much. Makes perfect business sense if you believe in this type of business model.

Yes but that would affect upper management. That's not how the game is supposed to be played don't cha know.

Also, the other thing that has ruined the auto industry is the unions. They are too big and demand too much. After what I went through in the steel industry back in the early 80s, as my first real clock punching day in and day out job was in the smelter at the mill, and less than a year later the union told us to strike, and we did like good little minions. They hammerred out a nice pay increase that was fine for about 2 months, until about a third of us were put on permanent waivers. Within 4 years the mill went from a staff of 5,000 to 1,500 workers. But the union bosses still had the 500 dollar suits and Italian shoes, and limosines to cruise in. While the rest of us scrounged up whatever work we could, because we were disposable to both sides.

So look at the whole big picture, corporate greed, union greed, and the company paying for things it can ill afford with a dwindling domestic workforce, and it's no wonder we are seeing these giants in trouble. And there's also the trade issues with foreign nations that are completely biased, and backed by the world court, that knows the deck is stacked against us and loves slammin' us.

Originally Posted by Hylander_1314

So look at the whole big picture, corporate greed, union greed, and the company paying for things it can ill afford with a dwindling domestic workforce, and it's no wonder we are seeing these giants in trouble. And there's also the trade issues with foreign nations that are completely biased, and backed by the world court, that knows the deck is stacked against us and loves slammin' us.

And taxpayers are forced to fund anti-American organizations against their will. UN Chief Kofi Annan spoke in favor of proposals to throw Americans out of work and send their jobs overseas by calling it "development".

One wonders how much foreign aid can be sent to the third world, when the people who pay for this, the American taxpayers, are thrown out of work.

But there is no way to underestimate the stupidity and greed of these Global social elites who think that they can hide any evil by cloaking it as "Third world foreign aid".

Originally Posted by Justthatguy

Why don't they hire a bunch of college graduates from India and have them run GM using the Internet? That would save plenty of money and they might not even need a bailout. Or if they do it wouldn't cost so much. Makes perfect business sense if you believe in this type of business model.

I have discussed issues like these with Indian computer programmers as well. I have said that by sending American government workers to India, and pay them less than Indian government empoyees currently make, we could make vast improvements to the government of India and save money at the same time. For example, slavery is still legal in India, so American government workers could ban it immediately and save money at the same time.

Watch out! The Indians I have discussed this with have gotten angry. Saying that "India's affairs are not our concern!"

Originally Posted by Hylander_1314

So look at the whole big picture, corporate greed, union greed, and the company paying for things it can ill afford with a dwindling domestic workforce, and it's no wonder we are seeing these giants in trouble. And there's also the trade issues with foreign nations that are completely biased, and backed by the world court, that knows the deck is stacked against us and loves slammin' us.

How's this for a solution? Get ready to be upset! You will hear "that would be socialism (but isn't the bailout?); that would be government interference!, (but isn't the crooked deal Bush made to increase H-1B visas the very essence of "government interference"?).

So here goes:

We take all of the bailout money that we are going to give the big auto companies and we start an American Produced Car Company.

1. All employees will be payed a fair wage for work produced, no "job banks", no union official salaries.

2. All materials of any type or resource whatsoever would would have to produced inside the territory of the official borders of the United States.

3. No part shall have any "foreign produced" components whatsoever. Not one single molecule of anything that goes into making the car will come from outside the US, whether it's office software, paperclips, or vending machine snacks.

4. All cars produced will be affordable, basic model cars that can be easily repaired by experienced mechanics using basic auto repair tools.

Wait! Wait! I just forgot! They used to have cars like this in the United States! Henry Ford was building them way back in the last century!

They....


Were...


Called...


Fords...

Good idea there millere!

That would be american ingenuity again! American inovation, and good old fashioned american grit! I wonder how many people have the stomach for it today? I do long for the day when americans have the guts to stand up proud again in the face of this america is horrible for being great and being built on liberty and the "freedom to think".

jshhmr....

I have seen websites advertising only H1B holders need apply I called Cspan about this and was told by the Chinese and Mexican owned and controlled Assistant Labor Secretary I was full of it.
All these bailouts are for the corrupt incompetent unions as payback for helping the losers in Congress retain their seats and illegal aliens. This government cares no more about Americans than it does the Constitution. All these bailouts will provide additional health care, welfare, food stamps, unemployment payments, tuition assistance, economic stimulus jobs and other benefits for illegal aliens. Americans who think they will be taken care of by this government are in for one hell of a surprise as Obama and the Congress care only about cheap illegal alien labor, H visas and the resultant additional votes to keep them in power.

Originally Posted by retiredairforce

jshhmr....

I have seen websites advertising only H1B holders need apply I called Cspan about this and was told by the Chinese and Mexican owned and controlled Assistant Labor Secretary I was full of it.

Can you elaborate more on what you talked about above? Did the Labor Secretary deny that there were H-1B visa only jobs or deny their roles in making these rules? I am doing research on this topic as me and other computer industry people are competing against H-1Bs from India and there is alot of confusion on this topic.