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EXCLUSIVE: Former employees speak out about Disney's outsourcing of high-tech jobs
http://www.mysuncoast.com/news/news_at_7/ ^

Posted on 10/28/2015 10:44:34 AM PDT by TigerClaws

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Just months before the holidays and on the heels of a great performance review, no less. A VP invites David Powers and Leo Perrero into his office, both expecting pats on the back. Instead they hear the dreaded words: You are being laid off.

"When a guillotine falls down on you, in that moment you're dead... and I was dead," says former Disney employee David Powers.

(Excerpt) Read more at mysuncoast.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: corporatewelfare; h1b
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Last year I saw a video of a law firm that specialized in teaching companies how to scam the H1B1 system. They take out ads in national newspapers and screen out all those who apply. "We can't find any Americans for this job!"

Then the feds give them $12,000 for hiring the foreigner.

Insane.

1 posted on 10/28/2015 10:44:34 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

When companies layoff its employees in US, people in India gets pay raise and after office parties.


2 posted on 10/28/2015 10:46:32 AM PDT by jennychase
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To: TigerClaws

I worked at MANY places fixing source code written by cheap H1B1 visa guys

Got paid a lot to do it too... Probabyl a lot more than I would have charged them to write it in the first place


3 posted on 10/28/2015 10:46:53 AM PDT by Mr. K (If it is HilLIARy -vs- Jeb! then I am writing-in Palin/Cruz)
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To: TigerClaws

And you know what? There is only ONE candidate that is against this, but people would rather live like they are instead of Making America Greater Again!!!


4 posted on 10/28/2015 10:47:26 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 (I have such happy days, and hope you do too!!!)
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To: HarleyLady27

Business is business. Making stupid business decisions like NOT taking advantage of H1B when your competitors do, is a stupid business decision. Change the laws, otherwise, it would be stupid to not work to your advantage while within the law.


5 posted on 10/28/2015 10:50:33 AM PDT by SgtHooper (Anyone who remembers the 60's, wasn't there!)
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To: HarleyLady27

>>And you know what? There is only ONE candidate that is against this, but people would rather live like they are instead of Making America Greater Again!!!

Then your candidate needs to step up and BE the bright light on the stage. We aren’t holding him/her back.


6 posted on 10/28/2015 10:51:51 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: Mr. K

You also no doubt have an HONEST resume which shows only the tools and software you’ve actually been able to work with.

Whereas some idiot hiring manager at Disney writes a job description calling for ten years of prior experience with Veeblefitzer 2.0 (which was only released in 2011) and of course, he is obligingly flooded with resumes from H1B’s detailing the required experience.

How do you compete with people who are willing to make their resumes say whatever the hiring manager wants to hear?


7 posted on 10/28/2015 10:52:41 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: SgtHooper

And THAT is the moronic mindset which keeps this garbage going.


8 posted on 10/28/2015 10:52:45 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: HarleyLady27

And let me say to those who spew the conservatism of a couple of the candidates (you know who they are) These same candidates want to do the same with other companies. I don’t care how many Bible verses they quote, they don’t have America first at heart. (hint - guest visas, expanding H-IB visas by 500%). Wake up people! One candidate even went to the border with Glenn Beck to pass out soccer balls and teddy bears. That’s when I got turned off to his campaign and switched to Trump.


9 posted on 10/28/2015 10:53:00 AM PDT by Catsrus ( I callz 'em as I seez 'em.)
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To: TigerClaws

I thought Obama was going to give ISIS those jobs so they stop raping and beheading teens?


10 posted on 10/28/2015 10:54:16 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Donald Trump : 'It will be wonderful. It will be glorious., You will be amazed, Just wait"')
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To: Buckeye McFrog

At Publix Supermarkets (big chain based in Central Florida) they would advertise a position and collect candidates. Then change the job description so that none of the candidates met the requirements. Then go H1B.

Heck they’d hire 4 H1Bs before they’d hire one local to do a job.


11 posted on 10/28/2015 10:57:07 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: SgtHooper
Business is business.

True, but only to a point. If using the H1B scam means the difference between staying afloat or not, that's one thing. But if it means the difference between $200 million in profits and $210 million, that's another.

Every business decision should have a moral component to it, even if that moral component must ultimately take a back seat to the survival of the company.

I'm guessing that Disney didn't think about any moral component here.

12 posted on 10/28/2015 10:59:48 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Parmenio; ColdOne; Yossarian; knittnmom; sf4dubya; Mr. Peabody; wally_bert; dowcaet; ...
H-1B ping. Let me know if you're not on the list and want to be added (or are and want to be removed).
13 posted on 10/28/2015 11:00:07 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom (a "guest worker" is a stateless person with no ties to any community, only to his paymaster)
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To: TigerClaws

14 posted on 10/28/2015 11:00:39 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Donald Trump : 'It will be wonderful. It will be glorious., You will be amazed, Just wait"')
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To: driftdiver

Randomly audit H1B resumes for accuracy.
Falsehood = immediate deportation.

That would go a long way towards cleaning things up.


15 posted on 10/28/2015 11:00:55 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Catsrus

Me too.


16 posted on 10/28/2015 11:06:13 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: Mr. K

Uhuh. Salvage can be very lucrative.

The craftsmanship of Peter Principled conservative {uhhhh but progressive} “archeeetects” typically makes it self-evident why buzzwords and bullshyte are a lot better for hiding behind than standing upon.


17 posted on 10/28/2015 11:06:58 AM PDT by HLPhat (This space is intentionally blank.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

The companies hiring them have to pay a penalty too.

Right now there is only an upside.


18 posted on 10/28/2015 11:08:40 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Falsehood = immediate deportation.

Plus a million dollar fine to the visa sponsor for being an accessory.

19 posted on 10/28/2015 11:12:15 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom (a "guest worker" is a stateless person with no ties to any community, only to his paymaster)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
>>Randomly audit H1B resumes for accuracy.

Good luck with that in the context of bureaucratic buffoons who've demonstrated an inability to find their own arse with both hands and a SQL statement telling them exactly where to find it.

Me: So, Ameriquest and Argent are really operating from the same code base despite the facade presented in the punitive regulatory agreement?

H1B: Ha ha ha, yeah but nobody knows that.

Me: Uhuh. It's not your country that's getting raped in the process, is it?



 



It is incumbent upon the honorable craftsman to be aware
of whether or not his services are being used
as a means to accomplish evil ends -
and to act (or NOT) accordingly.

20 posted on 10/28/2015 11:15:14 AM PDT by HLPhat (This space is intentionally blank.)
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