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A comment on H1B restrictions would choke US of talent.

Re:H1B restrictions would choke US of talent by zaidf on Saturday May 30, 2009 @01:51AM (#633306)
Somehow I doubt it. I don't think the situation is as black and white as the headline and outsourcing companies would like you to believe.
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Re:H1B restrictions would choke US of talent by alecco on Saturday May 30, 2009 @04:34AM (#633425)
I don't like any of the big outsourcing corporations but this is hard fact. Just check the amount of IT jobs moved out of US in the last 6 months.

Also it's not just about the cost of employees. The "seat" costs in US are usually more significant than salary. Blocking visas is suicidal.

And it was already broken. For example, I refused a little while ago an H1B job because among other things I would hate to feel like an underclass non-citizen worker. Screw that!

Edit: minor style.

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Re:H1B restrictions would choke US of talent by plinkplonk on Saturday May 30, 2009 @05:44AM (#633470)
" I refused a little while ago an H1B job because among other things I would hate to feel like an underclass non-citizen worker."

Amen Brother! The last time I worked in the Indian IT industry, I flat out refused to apply for an H1 visa. This was few years ago but the HR folks (who take care of the visa applications) still haven't recovered from the shock of encountering someone who did not want to go to the USA on an H1.

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Re:H1B restrictions would choke US of talent by zaidf on Saturday May 30, 2009 @10:17AM (#633650) 

  Just check the amount of IT jobs moved out of US in the last 6 months.
That is 100% fine. Move the job out! But don't move the job INTO the U.S, underpay the H1Bs, and bring the rest of America's salary down. If H1Bs want to compete with Americans, they should do it in their own home...not by coming to America.

FYI the goal of H1Bs was to help America with skilled labor not available here. The goal was NOT to replace Americans at work with Indians. (I have no problem with American jobs being replaced with Indians so long as they stay in India)

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