Yer they scream about needing more HB-1 Visas.
Life-long employment for deadwood — that’s the ticket to producing quality computer software!
Another way to look at the employees on visas — a successful American business is vacuuming the world for its top talent. Countries like India pay to educate their best and brightest, only to have the best and most motivated of the best snapped up by American tech businesses. Recall that the Soviets used to prohibit emigration to force their home-grown talent to stay at home.
Whether or not you approve, economic fundamentals favour globalization of markets — including labour markets. The U.S.A. has been, by far, the biggest beneficiary of globalization.
Oh, and BTW, there’s no mention of how many visa employees are being axed. I would guess that number is roughly proportionate to the overall numbers. It makes sense in a ultra-fast changing tech field — hire employees with the latest skills and knowledge, and let them go when their area of expertise becomes obsolete.