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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 07:38 PM Original message |
H1B visa growth signals recovery |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. So does unemployment. |
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liberalmike27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 12:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
47. Fantastic |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. I thought we had something three years worth of grads |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. How many of them are engineers or physicists or PhD level scientists? |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Sure American kids are going into the sciences..... |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 11:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
41. That person is being an idiot or they're working for an H1B recriuiting firm. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Business currently pays better than science. |
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aggiesal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
29. " ... train their H1B Replacements. ..." |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. A lot of the way the H1B program works in practice is illegal. |
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aggiesal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Unfortunately, I don't know who to ... |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 12:05 AM Response to Reply #38 |
46. That's an excellent start. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #38 |
62. Hypocritical that while San Diego would consider penalizing businesses |
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aggiesal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 03:16 AM Response to Reply #62 |
71. Are you sure? |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #38 |
68. Please see my new post #67 for a better idea of where to start. n/t |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 11:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. Who? I see it at every company I work for. WHO DO I REPORT IT TOO? |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #42 |
67. I did a quick web search a little while ago, and this is what I found. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
40. PLEASE OPEN YOUR EYES |
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aggiesal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 02:52 AM Response to Reply #40 |
54. H1B's can only ... |
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Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. Just Say NO to H1B visa's. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 07:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Thats one way to shut down nuclear power plants and anything requiring engineering expertise |
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seabeckind (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. That's bullsh!t also |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 09:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. what a load of garbage that is. |
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scentopine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. LOL! - I remember my engineering family going to India |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
44. You are right, there is absolutely no shortage of scientists or engineers in this country. |
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InfiniteThoughts (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 03:36 AM Response to Reply #23 |
55. please stop sterotyping .... |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:26 AM Response to Reply #55 |
61. Quote: |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #55 |
63. first hand XP is not stereotyping |
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cosmicone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #55 |
69. Applause n/t |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #23 |
58. You're absolutely right. n/t |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
32. Well you apparently don't know anything about nuclear power plants |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
43. What friggen BS. Are you and H1-b recruiter or someone on H1B visa? |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. What horse shit. n/t |
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seabeckind (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 08:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Ditto on that |
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aggiesal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 08:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. I agree. What horse $hit ... |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 09:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Quote: |
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aggiesal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 10:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Thanks, |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Jobs for them, not for us! |
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radhika (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. Gee, what if US-based companies are forced... |
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seabeckind (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 08:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I think that's how it's supposed to work |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
36. Ha ha ha ha ha ha. More like will anybody do this job for $20/hr. |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Umm, gee let me think... |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
14. Recovery for India, Maybe |
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zogofzorkon (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 08:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. And for each H1B visa another American unemployed, another |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
15. Recovery for India, maybe. It singles deeper depression for the U.S., however. (nt) |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
16. the people from india are smart, |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 10:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. The people from India are just like the people here; most of them suck, a lot are competent, |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 11:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. yep. i think many of them work 12 hour days. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 12:31 AM Response to Reply #35 |
49. Are you saying that 12 hour days are a good thing? |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #49 |
70. no. i'm saying that the H1B workers |
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Heywood J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. We're using H1B visas as an indicator of economic recovery? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 10:59 AM Response to Reply #21 |
59. They are grasping at straws |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. No shit.... |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. I don't understand |
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earthboundmisfit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 09:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Just turned 57 and in the same boat |
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ramapo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. It is impossible to understand such a FU'd policy |
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scentopine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. Geithner and Obama promise to bail out India... |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. "American worker is the enemy of democrats and republicans." |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 11:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. European countries demand that though - Germany is really strict with companies that hire foreign |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 12:34 AM Response to Reply #39 |
50. And the German economy is in good shape. |
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muntrv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
33. For India, that is. Meanwhile, I have a friend who works at Meijers |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
37. Okay, yesterday I walked through the building I work in, in Redmond WA, not Microsoft but another |
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scentopine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 11:59 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. As US citizen, I've been a minority worker for last 10 years, you |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 12:18 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I agree - companies are cheaper than ever now. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 12:36 AM Response to Reply #45 |
51. I like your plan! n/t |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 12:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
64. The key word here is "Replaced"... H1Bs should never "replace" anyone. |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
52. growth for india but not workers |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
53. Great. Sounds like I'm Fcked. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
56. No, it does not. It signals more trouble. |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
57. Thank Bill Gates. He loves those visa workers. |
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andym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
65. How much less are the H1B visa engineers/scientists being paid? |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. "H-1B visa holders are paid less than US counterparts " |
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