TECH VISA TREACHERY: THE IMMIGRATION PROGRAM THAT'S COSTING US JOBS

NY Post ^ | April 12, 2009 | Robert X Cringely

[algernonpj]

“I know this because I am both a victim of it as well as one who did it.”

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I wonder if HR is functioning this way under orders from upper management. There seems to me to be an increasing disconnect between those responsible for IT and those who dole out the money to pay for IT.

[EQAndyBuzz]

It’s a huge disconnect. And over the years it hasn’t gottem much better.

What I used to do was to stop by HR and ask for the resumes that came in which were outright rejected. After reviewing them I would go back to HR and question why they were rejected.

[HiJinx]

Ping!

[Vigilanteman]

Japan has an interesting law on foreign workers under which I benefited. They had to pay a 10% premium over the prevailing wage in the industry to get the foreign worker. The foreign worker benefited because he needed a bigger paycheck to live on for various reasons, including travel home being more expensive.

The Japanese company benefited because they got foreign worker visas for which they were willing to pay the premium.

The Japanese worker benefited because foreign workers actually bid their wages up instead of down.