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Re:India's tech industry panics over U.S. plans to change hi... by beachstartup on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @01:20PM (#13533482)
this culture of abusing your workers spills out into the US workforce as well. i've known people (us citizens) who have had to send lawyer letters to get their invoices paid by these consultancy firms, who aren't used to getting pushback from their servants. sometimes in the tens of thousands of dollars for high end work.

of course the bad behavior stops immediately when they get a nice little letter with an american law firm's name at the top of it.

they're scumbags.

Re:India's tech industry panics over U.S. plans to change hi... by nulldevz on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @02:00PM (#13533961)
Yeah ... these measures don't really address the underlying issue of scumbag executives. They're just going to find another way to pay for cheap labor, e.g., shifting revenue to countries with cheap labor. This move may actually expedite a major shift of software engineering to other countries. In turn, it could help improve other countries' infrastructure creating a positive feedback loop for outsourcing.

Unintended consequences caused by government regulation.

Re:India's tech industry panics over U.S. plans to change hi... by coredog64 on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @02:18PM (#13534192)
Actual offshoring is a lot more difficult to manage than H1B candidates who sit in your office.

For the former, the big names are well versed in churning out billable hours regardless of actual work performed. The 11-12 hour time difference can sometimes be a boon, but more often than not leads to both your remote and local employees being unhappy. Local employees because they're asked to stay late or come in early, and remote employees because access to transit is more difficult if only US business hours are an option.