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The conclusion of the article: > Rometty, the sole Silicon Valley leader on the advisory > council, may be trying to show Trump that IBM is working > to keep
by GrinningFool 10y ago
The conclusion of the article:
> Rometty, the sole Silicon Valley leader on the advisory
> council, may be trying to show Trump that IBM is working
> to keep jobs inside the country.
Is directly at odds with the implications of the CEO's words in the same article (emphasis added):
> We are hiring because the nature of work is evolving –
> and that is also why so many of these jobs remain hard to fill
That reads a lot like the language used by $everyone to convince legislators that more H1B visas are required.
In addition, I saw nothing in the statement that indicated the hiring would be in the US, or of US citizens.
- djb_hackernews 10y agoExactly. And where is Trumps plan to meet with organizations that represent the interests of the American tech worker? All these executives see is the bottom line, and to them it looks like a bunch of overpaid nerds and there is a nice solution to that problem and all they have to do is repeat over and over "we can't find the skills we need". They've done a fantastic job of all getting on the same page, I just wish the american tech worker did the same to at least counterbalance their narrative.