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Aren't 12,000 of the 18,000 mostly overseas jobs at Nokia Devices in Finland? And 6000 doesn't seem that high based on the churn at most big tech companies betw
by wfjackson 12y ago
Aren't 12,000 of the 18,000 mostly overseas jobs at Nokia Devices in Finland? And 6000 doesn't seem that high based on the churn at most big tech companies between people leaving, layoffs and firings.
And it's kinda funny that Satya would've himself been on a work visa when he worked at Sun or at Microsoft, perhaps the senator is implying that poor Ballmer shouldn't have been laid off and replaced with a foreign worker? :)
Looks like a flamebait headline and article by the same guy at ComputerWorld who seems to be on a crusade against H1B, as part of a personal crusade or for page views (these articles seems to invariably make it to the Slashdot front page).
https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=computerworld+h1b&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#q=site%3Acomputerworld.com+h1b+Patrick+Thibodeau+&safe=off https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=computerworld+h...
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- jedberg 12y ago> He is a Republican Senator from Alabama. He doesn't need to look at facts. Let's be fair here. That should read: He is a Senator. He doesn't need to look at facts.
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- Retric 12y agoSome seniors face tough elections, others don't. Republican seniors in Alabama only face compition in the primary and little real completion at that.
- Retric 12y agoNote, the incumbent senator for the 2014 election faces literally zero opposition. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Alabama,_2014 http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election...
- kordless 12y agoActually, you can look at the fact that he historically doesn't vote for education bills, so that pretty much makes him a hypocrite. Can't blame a company for trying to hire the best trained people to do a given job.
- peterb 12y agoBut I can blame companies for conspiring to hire the best trained people to do a given job at the lowest possible price. H-1B visas, offshoring, anti-compete clauses and non-poaching agreements are their key tactics.
- Chronic29 12y agoSo you're saying we should always pay the best people above the market rate? Why would you pay $70k for a new Tesla if you can get one for $40k?
- kevinpet 12y agoHow's that? He claims that there are more than enough STEM graduates already. If he thinks that, then two consequences are: 1) why do we need more H1-Bs? and 2) why do we need to subsidize college more? I think he's wrong, but he's entirely consistent.