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Mon Apr-07-08 11:14 AM
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| 26. Maybe if Cisco would invest a dime in TRAINING |
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I'm in IT so I see all the time that, in fact, there really aren't enough trained people to work a lot of these jobs.
So why in the hell is the answer to import people from India rather than training our own damn workforce like we did for decades?
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| -H-1B crisis: Cisco has 1,504 U.S. job openings to fill |
OhioChick |
Apr-04-08 07:21 AM |
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I was one of the 8500 people laid off in 2001, so Cisco can bite me |
Amerigo Vespucci |
Apr-04-08 07:24 AM |
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There's a shortage of people Cisco can pay half of what they would pay US workers..... |
marmar |
Apr-04-08 07:26 AM |
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Microsoft did this last year, too. |
AlertLurker |
Apr-04-08 07:43 AM |
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This is a crock |
Highway61 |
Apr-04-08 07:57 AM |
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B.S. |
tanyev |
Apr-04-08 08:38 AM |
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What ever happened to "on the job training".. There are lots of Americans |
Joanne98 |
Apr-04-08 08:48 AM |
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You're right, Joanne... |
OhioChick |
Apr-05-08 09:36 AM |
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I'm curious about the whole "shortage of U.S. workers" myth |
antigop |
Apr-06-08 03:04 PM |
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"EXACTLY what is Penn doing for Microsoft?" |
OhioChick |
Apr-06-08 07:53 PM |
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An H-1B applicant has to prove to the government that it can |
treestar |
Apr-06-08 03:46 PM |
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"the government will demand proof that this was done." |
OhioChick |
Apr-06-08 07:56 PM |
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Not part of the H-1B process |
treestar |
Apr-06-08 09:48 PM |
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"prevailing wage" ....... |
OhioChick |
Apr-06-08 09:55 PM |
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How can the U.S. citizen be so helpless? |
treestar |
Apr-07-08 08:15 AM |
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Ohiochick vs. Major Corps???? |
OhioChick |
Apr-07-08 10:29 AM |
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If the citizens are still making $83,000 a year I'm not going to cry |
treestar |
Apr-07-08 11:40 AM |
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Once Again: |
OhioChick |
Apr-07-08 12:23 PM |
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You suggested she has a vested or personal interest here. How about you? |
ihavenobias |
Apr-07-08 09:31 PM |
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I think you're frankly mistaken. |
Selatius |
Apr-07-08 10:38 PM |
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Why is this the one subject I always get so many replies on? |
treestar |
Apr-09-08 06:45 AM |
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See Post #21. n/t |
OhioChick |
Apr-06-08 10:40 PM |
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with all due respect, treestar, you don't know what the fuck you are talking about |
Skittles |
Apr-07-08 06:03 PM |
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Bingo! n/t |
OhioChick |
Apr-07-08 08:19 PM |
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There are ways that they can try to prevent hiring an qualified and interested U.S. worker. |
LoZoccolo |
Apr-06-08 08:18 PM |
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Why are they so hot to hire a foreigner then? |
treestar |
Apr-06-08 09:50 PM |
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"Why are they so hot to hire a foreigner then?" |
OhioChick |
Apr-06-08 10:01 PM |
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Where can I find this "prevailing wage" for a software engineer? n/t |
LoZoccolo |
Apr-06-08 10:17 PM |
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See my reply #21. n/t |
antigop |
Apr-06-08 10:38 PM |
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It is that exactly, a myth, I have seen to much to not see the lie |
GetTheRightVote |
Apr-06-08 08:10 PM |
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Hey, did you all see what the ProgrammersGuild is seeking? Plaintiffs... |
antigop |
Apr-06-08 10:28 PM |
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Interesting. n/t |
OhioChick |
Apr-06-08 10:29 PM |
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The H-1B Prevailing Wage is Substantially Below the Median Wage of U.S. Workers |
antigop |
Apr-06-08 10:35 PM |
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Maybe if Cisco would invest a dime in TRAINING |
dmesg |
Apr-07-08 11:14 AM |
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For the same reason that corporations stopped recruiting |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Apr-07-08 04:24 PM |
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The ultimate (fatal) irony being that it was those MBA's who got us where we are today |
dmesg |
Apr-07-08 06:52 PM |
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Definitely |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Apr-07-08 08:25 PM |
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