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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Charles Tutt who wrote (54589)	12/20/2000 1:30:37 PM
From: Dan Spillane	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

My point is that the US congress represents US workers, not foreign workers. If the US workers are not happy, the congress will hear about it. If 100 americans interview at Microsoft and 99 are not hired, the pressure starts to build towards countering Microsoft's claims concerning shortages of workers. It seems to me Microsoft has even MORE incentive to get the cheap foreign workers now, with stock options being worth less, and them less able to capitalize on temps. Just go to the next Microsoft picnic and you will see what I mean. I would like to see Microsoft's "percent hired" of foreign workers interviewed. Is that statistic public? Re: Re: "The fact is that msft and other tech companies give substandard wages in return for stock options. Now the options are worthless. So, the wages are increasing."