--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" jyouells@ wrote: > > > > I want to know if they got in with H1-B visas as spiritual > > programmers. > > Or could they be the beginnings of a new fund raising caste? > > I think the latter is a given, right? They're the > TMO's "Jerry's Kids." > > The visa thing, however, *would* be good to know > the details of. I used to work in NYC with any > number of Indians who had been brought over to > the US by their relatives. The relatives were > billing these guys' services to Chase Manhattan > Bank for $50 an hour while paying them $5 an hour > and putting them up in the YMCA. The poor guys > who were being treated like this were afraid to > say anything or do anything because their relatives > had convinced them that under the conditions of > their visas they could *not* seek other work or > doing anything other than what their bosses (in > this case their sleazy relatives) said. > > We (me and a few other programmers) did the home- > work for them and found out the real details of > their visa situation and sat them all down and > told them the truth. As a result, most of these > guys were able to renegotiate their own direct > contracts with Chase Manhattan, and tell their > relatives to go fuck themselves. We also informed > Chase Manhattan what the relatives were doing and > the bank reacted by taking them off the "approved > providers" list. Sometimes things work out the > way you'd like them to. > > Anyway, I think "it would be good" :-) if someone > found out what the visas these guys arrived here > under really say, just in case any of them get > tired of generating Woo Woo Rays, and are prevented > from doing so by those they trust.
You did good. 'Sleazy' relatives, what can I say? I was thinking more along the lines of Madonna. Adopt a pundit: Wisk them away from confused fathers to live in a 'mansion'. Maybe that's following the trends a little to closely though... JohnY To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
