[1stFreedom]

If you'd like to tell this company how you feel about displacing Americans with H1 visa workers, here is an address for them:

dice_r1@caresoftinc.com

[Jack Wilson]

After 20 years in IT, I am about to give up. I started a handyman business. Not as much money, but at least I get calls. I am current technically, the last few years doing Oracle and SQL Server programming, but not relevant. Wrong age and nationality.

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[timm22]

Call and write your representatives in Congress asking them to, on an emergency basis, deny ALL H1 and L1 visas and related transfers. They may give you the excuse that they don't want to have the jobs shipped overseas, but don't accept that excuse. Ask them to impose heavy tarrifs or taxes on corporations that relocate thier IT work.

Perhaps a better idea would be to improve your job skills, lower your asking price, or find a new line of work, instead of relying on government intervention for your livelihood.

[elfman2]

There're two sides to this. In my computer networking class 10 years ago, I was the ONLY American. The class was filled with two dozen potential H1 applicants. No Americans were hungry enough to take such a tedious course. Plenty of them in PE and business classes though…

[snopercod]

If you think things are bad in the symbol-manipulation world, it's even worse in the engineering world.

[Born to Conserve]

I am in I.T.

I watched the boom, made really, really good money, knew there would be an IT labor glut eventually and prepared for it, got laid off. No regrets.

If you want to work in I.T. you have to be, intelegent, hard working, technically up to date, AND WILLING TO TAKE A PAY CUT!

You made more money then you were worth, now you're going to get what you're worth and no more.

Grow up or become a democrat.

[waterstraat]

If you would rather that an American have a job here in the United States instead of a foreigner, then let your senator and congressman know how you feel, and remember to vote that way in November.

[Im Your Huckleberry]

They can be penalized big time for this. They have to offer jobs to American workers first.

I'd turn them in if I were you.

[Mr. Bird]

If you apply for this position, and an H1 applicant of equal or lower qualification gets it, you have grounds for a lawsuit. My guess is that they are advertising their willingness to sponsor, not restricting the applicant pool to non-citizens.

[Mr. Bird]

Oh yeah, forgot one item: H-1B authos don't transfer.

[RLK]

The only thing that counts is bombing ragheads. When this high school football game is over the internal condition of this nation will be in ruins for lack of brains and leadership.

[Snuffington]

Part of the problem with the H1's are the way they take advantage of the Visa holders. In the current IT economy, it is almost impossible for an H1 Visa holder to find another company to sponsor his Visa. So an employee with a Visa sponsor is practically in a form of indentured servitude to his employer, with the promise of a Green Card seen as the big payoff making it worth while.

Then, when the visa expires, the company can send a fully trained worker back to India. If they have Indian facilities (and a large number of companies do now), the job will travel back to India where they can pay less than a quarter the salary and STILL be comparatively generous by the standard of living in India. Net result, one job lost in America, one job gained in India.

Now of course, we're not in zero sum economies. Smart companies are going to go after enough business to hire both Indians and Americans, because they want to grow as large as they can.

But when the times get tough, it's the American jobs that become expendable, because they have a larger impact on the bottom line. And this is definitely NOT the story told by either politicians or IT companies when our national visa policy is defended.

[ninenot]

The IT group is taking it on the chops the same way engineers did about 5-10 years ago.

HOWEVER, I have been told that in the Milwaukee area, all USGovernment suppliers (Blue Cross, Wisconsin Physicians' Group) are NOT accepting resumes unless the candidate is a US Citizen.

Apparently the Feds 'put out the word' recently, at least to some organizations.

Ergo, for you, health-system providers, manufacturers who supply the Feds (even indirectly) and, of course, security-providers, should be a fertile field, assuming any of them are hiring in your area.

[KSCITYBOY]

bump

[pabianice]

The world economy for intellectual jobs is here and it ain't going away. The Internet has ended most white-collar-USA-jobs-only. Sorry. Try looking for work in another industry.

BTW, I was replaced by a guy half my age and have been a contractor since. Try finding a new permanent job in ANY industry if you're over 45...

[timm22]

Ask them to impose heavy tarrifs or taxes on corporations that relocate thier IT work.

Sorry folks, this was the line that caught my attention and brought about my comment about government intervention. I have no major objections to changes in the H1B program. I just think it is important to realize that it's not the government's role to make sure you have a job in the field you want.

[Centurion2000]

Apply for that job. When they turn you down, IMMEDIATELY sue for discrimintation based on national origin. Based on the job posting, you have an open and shut case.

[PatrioticAmerican]

That is an illegal advertisement. The H1 sponsor must always state that no American was available for the job. this ad says they only want an H1. Call the INS and report the anti-American bastards. Besides, I bet you will find it is another H1 doing the advertising.

[nutmeg]

FYI