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Believe me - the Indian companies are just another corporations wanting to make money. They couldn't care less about whether they are employing an Indian or Ame

Believe me - the Indian companies are just another corporations wanting to make money. They couldn't care less about whether they are employing an Indian or American or a Mexican. If they could find Americans living in SV willing to work for 50$ an hour weeding through editing scripts with no future aspirations, no complaints and a girlfriend and a dog to feed - they'd do it in a heartbeat. In this economy and political situation - they just can't get enough VISAs - the rejection rate is as low as 50% and as high as 85% for some of the VISAs. Also it isn't slave labor because H1-Bs can leave and get another job of their liking or go back to their home country when they wish. This is simple demand/supply/willingness/market forces in action.

shiven 13y ago
Also it isn't slave labor because H1-Bs can leave and get another job of their liking or go back to their home country when they wish. Please tell me you were born in a third-world country and that your parents wages were so low that they could barely afford to feed you and your siblings while you were growing up. And you would not mind going back because you so loved the living conditions before moving to the US that you would love your kids to grow up in a third-world country, with all its disadvantages. You, dear blinkingled, clearly have no clue what you are saying when you say what you said there.
- blinkingled 13y ago
  What about changing jobs on H1? Is that too hard on you, shiven? Getting up and leaving for work in traffic to the same place everyday - does that bother you too?!
  - shiven 13y ago
    Wanna offer me one? Perhaps you live in a part of the universe blessed with a cornucopia of jobs offers. I do not. Snark aside, did you know losing your "new" job while on an H-1B means getting kicked out of the US within 15 days? Not a very comforting thought now, is it?
    - blinkingled 13y ago
      Inconvenience and slavery are two different things. H1B isn't very convenient to the employees and it could certainly get better but calling it slavery is going too far.
      - shiven 13y ago
        Sure, lets not call it slavery. Lets call it what it is: Bonded Labor. Not merely an inconvenience either. Capisce?
  - jacalata 13y ago
    Changing jobs on a H1B is certainly an extra hurdle. I'm on an E3 and am pretty much only willing to consider Amazon/Facebook sized companies that I know will be able to handle visa issues for me. I do know people who've moved to a startup or smaller company but they spent a lot of their own time and money dealing with immigration, which I'm not very interested in. And if you are applying for a greencard while on the H1B then I believe* that changing jobs at the wrong point in the process can reset/invalidate your current application, setting you back years in the process. I can't speak for shiven but I know I hate mornings and traffic too, yea. *I'm not actually doing this myself, I'm basing this off of friends experiences
- ojbyrne 13y ago
  These days parts of the rural south and midwest look a lot like that.
  - shiven 13y ago
    That's due to loss of manufacturing jobs caused by outsourcing. Nothing to do with H-1B visas.
wakjob 13y ago
Indian companies will not hire Americans - especially white Americans. Trust me. They are here to take over and pack as many of their people into our jobs as possible. They hate us due to historical reasons. And trust me - NO ONE wants to go back to India because it's such a hellhole.

shiven 13y ago

Also it isn't slave labor because H1-Bs can leave and get another job of their liking or go back to their home country when they wish. Please tell me you were born in a third-world country and that your parents wages were so low that they could barely afford to feed you and your siblings while you were growing up. And you would not mind going back because you so loved the living conditions before moving to the US that you would love your kids to grow up in a third-world country, with all its disadvantages. You, dear blinkingled, clearly have no clue what you are saying when you say what you said there.

blinkingled 13y ago
What about changing jobs on H1? Is that too hard on you, shiven? Getting up and leaving for work in traffic to the same place everyday - does that bother you too?!
- shiven 13y ago
  Wanna offer me one? Perhaps you live in a part of the universe blessed with a cornucopia of jobs offers. I do not. Snark aside, did you know losing your "new" job while on an H-1B means getting kicked out of the US within 15 days? Not a very comforting thought now, is it?
  - blinkingled 13y ago
    Inconvenience and slavery are two different things. H1B isn't very convenient to the employees and it could certainly get better but calling it slavery is going too far.
    - shiven 13y ago
      Sure, lets not call it slavery. Lets call it what it is: Bonded Labor. Not merely an inconvenience either. Capisce?
- jacalata 13y ago
  Changing jobs on a H1B is certainly an extra hurdle. I'm on an E3 and am pretty much only willing to consider Amazon/Facebook sized companies that I know will be able to handle visa issues for me. I do know people who've moved to a startup or smaller company but they spent a lot of their own time and money dealing with immigration, which I'm not very interested in. And if you are applying for a greencard while on the H1B then I believe* that changing jobs at the wrong point in the process can reset/invalidate your current application, setting you back years in the process. I can't speak for shiven but I know I hate mornings and traffic too, yea. *I'm not actually doing this myself, I'm basing this off of friends experiences
ojbyrne 13y ago
These days parts of the rural south and midwest look a lot like that.
- shiven 13y ago
  That's due to loss of manufacturing jobs caused by outsourcing. Nothing to do with H-1B visas.

wakjob 13y ago

Indian companies will not hire Americans - especially white Americans. Trust me. They are here to take over and pack as many of their people into our jobs as possible. They hate us due to historical reasons. And trust me - NO ONE wants to go back to India because it's such a hellhole.