Outsourcing Taking High Tec. Jobs

(Note: IBM is receiving stimulus money inspite of the following actions)

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  Recent announcements of mass layoffs have created new scrutiny around the H-1B visa program, which brings foreign tech workers (mostly from India) to the US for work (at below-market wages, critics say). But IBM (IBM) is going with a novel tack: Instead of bringing cheap Indian workers to America, the company is demanding its American workers move to cheap India and get paid India-standard wages.
• A better option than being laid off? IBM has been quietly eliminating thousands of jobs over the past few weeks.
• anyone who refuses to move will be considered a "voluntary departure" and denied severance benefits.
• Know more about IBM's layoffs or relocation plans? Email ekrangel@alleyinsider.com, anonymity guaranteed.
  InformationWeek gets their hands on leaked IBM documents explaining the program:

Read more at: http://www.businessinsider.com/2009/2/ibm-to-north-american-employees-to-keep-your-job-move-to-india-ibm

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H1 B Visa Dependancy claims false

From Jess

"As a computer systems engineer. I am unemployed. We use to be making up to $100,000 dollars a year. Now you can only get a job for $50,000 a year. Due to large companies falsely advertising that we cannot get enough engineers in this country anymore and that we need to import them. What is actually happening is the greedy rich are driving the salaries of working people down by importing engineers and after they get them here they are also taking advantage of them.

Take my friend from India – Simeer – He came to this country on a promise from a company to sponsor and employ him for $45,000 a year. This is a very good wage in India and they think they are getting a good deal. As soon as he started work they upgraded his title to manager to circumvent California overtime laws.

Mind you he had no one working under him. So according to the definitions I was raised by, in actuality he was not even a supervisor.

Now since they are calling him a manager, they are working him 60 hours plus a week for the same $45,000 a year. Also he is afraid to say anything or fight it because his work visa depends on this company sponsoring him and keeping him employed. Even if he did find work immediately it’s very hard to find someone who will also sponsor you. In any case he is in fear to take the chance because his family in India is owing money partly because of his education and they depend on him.

I for one will not tell Americans to take up Computer Engineering because the salaries have been driven way down in California and it is not worth the time and expense to train for anymore. I would caution against training for any engineering jobs since seeing the propaganda that CEOs with millions in stock holdings and the greedy are putting out.Please do not believe this unscientific propaganda that we do not have enough smart trained people in the United States to do the job. Instead look at the pay scale for engineers starting in the mid 1990s. You will see that adjusted for inflation the salary has gone definitely down in all fields. If we were growing short handed the salary would be definitely going up. "