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"It would reject his application unless Centro proved the position required someone with specialized skills. Clark was surprised. She’d been helping people appl

"It would reject his application unless Centro proved the position required someone with specialized skills. Clark was surprised. She’d been helping people apply for visas for four years, and this was the first time she’d ever seen such a letter." Four years, and this is the first time she's seen the government even try to see if the law should be enforced. Really says it all.

desireco42 9y ago
Centro shouldn't need to import people, what they do can be easily found in Chicago, but they would rather not pay good wage it seems.
- Nrsolis 9y ago
  This is really the central issue. The H-1B program hasn't ever been a way to get solid talent from other countries to come to the United States because equivalent talent can't be found here. It's ALWAYS been a way to expand the pool of cheap technology labor so that companies dependent on expensive skills can grow faster. Economics is economics. Companies have an incentive to fight wage inflation when they experience it due to a reliance on high-skill individuals. I remember going to the offices of a well-known bank and finding nearly the entire development staff comprised of foreign workers on H-1B. Most of them were from India. That can't be an accident and it's certainly not an indicator that talent is in short supply. What's in short supply is CHEAP TALENT. H-1B workers are cheap and don't have any ability to complain about their working conditions because they can't move to another company as easily as a permanent resident can. That alone is worth the legal hassle a company assumes when bringing in these workers. SO, word to the wise....make sure you stay one step ahead of the skill levels of the Indian outsourcing companies or your days are numbered. In the meantime, support candidates that are willing to rein in this amazing abuse of our immigration policy.

desireco42 9y ago

Centro shouldn't need to import people, what they do can be easily found in Chicago, but they would rather not pay good wage it seems.

Nrsolis 9y ago
This is really the central issue. The H-1B program hasn't ever been a way to get solid talent from other countries to come to the United States because equivalent talent can't be found here. It's ALWAYS been a way to expand the pool of cheap technology labor so that companies dependent on expensive skills can grow faster. Economics is economics. Companies have an incentive to fight wage inflation when they experience it due to a reliance on high-skill individuals. I remember going to the offices of a well-known bank and finding nearly the entire development staff comprised of foreign workers on H-1B. Most of them were from India. That can't be an accident and it's certainly not an indicator that talent is in short supply. What's in short supply is CHEAP TALENT. H-1B workers are cheap and don't have any ability to complain about their working conditions because they can't move to another company as easily as a permanent resident can. That alone is worth the legal hassle a company assumes when bringing in these workers. SO, word to the wise....make sure you stay one step ahead of the skill levels of the Indian outsourcing companies or your days are numbered. In the meantime, support candidates that are willing to rein in this amazing abuse of our immigration policy.