On Tue, 01 Jul 2025 16:45:25 -0700 Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> Hi, > > "Between May and June, Microsoft laid off 2,300 employees in > Washington alone, including 817 software engineers ... During the > same period, Microsoft submitted 6,327 H-1B visa requests for > software engineer roles matching the same job titles and location as > those affected by the layoffs" - As far as I know this is illegal. > > About 16 years ago I was on the Tucson Free Unix List and made a post > about H1B visas. I was met with a reply of "what's the matter are > you afraid of someone more skilled". I expect there are folks on > this list that fee the same way. > > H1B visas are bad for our country especially when there are plenty of > skilled people right here. About 15 years ago, when GoLUG still had in-person meetings, we used to have "the meeting after the meeting" where we'd go to a restaurant and talk. We had Democrats, Republicans, an Athiest/Libertarian, a guy who raged against the Luminatis and Federal Reserve. The subject of H-1Bs came up, and every single person at the table said H-1Bs shouldn't exist because Americans need good jobs to pay the rent and the insane levels of health insurance (this was before Obamacare, when one bad measurement meant you paid a fortune if you could get insured at all). You know, around that time I flew to Canada to give my Universal Troubleshooting Process course. You know what the customs officer asked me? He asked "you mean to tell me there's no Canadian who can do what you're doing?" Now luckily, I was one of two companies (both American) worldwide doing what I was doing, but Canada was quite ready to cancel my 4 day course in Saskatuan to protect Canadian workers. The US should be more like that. SteveT Steve Litt Spring 2023 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
