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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (7731)1/2/2003 1:56:34 PM
From: Les HRead Replies (2) | Respond to of 306849
 
H1-Bs were only needed as long as you needed American managers. Ten years ago, there wasn't much outsourcing of an entire project team overseas.



To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (7731)1/2/2003 4:50:39 PM
From: Jim McMannisRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 306849
 
I ordered some parts from Dell the other day and the sales guy was in INDIA. Good connection too. The accent was a little tough though.
I understand Dell has now outsourced the majority of their techsupport overseas too. Makes sense for Dell. No fica, no withholding, cheap costs/salaries etc.

Now, with H1-Bs...the cats out of the bag. This will not be shut down easily. No. 1 rule of government is once you giveth' you have a hard time taking it back. Unless it can be labeled a "gift to the rich" somehow.

Jim



To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (7731)1/2/2003 8:05:31 PM
From: RealMuLanRead Replies (2) | Respond to of 306849
 
>>From my perspective there was one reason for H1-Bs to begin with- they were cheaper labor. <<

Proof? All the H-1B holders I know of, including myself (I was on H-1B for a couple of years), earned same salary as their US citizen counterpart, some of them even have higher pay.


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