I think there are hidden tax breaks. I also believe that once you sponsor someone from India, they are basically forced to stay with your company or find another sponsor, and that holds down labor costs.
Just another way the natural born American gets screwed. ----- Original Message ----- From: geoff <data...@adam.com.au> To: 'ProFox Email List' <profox@leafe.com> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 9:00 PM Subject: RE: [NF] Programmers From India We have the same problem here and it didn't start in 2008. -----Original Message----- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Pete Theisen Sent: Wednesday, 21 September 2011 10:15 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] Programmers From India Jeff Johnson wrote: > I am having trouble figuring something out. I am seeing more and more > companies hiring folks from India and bringing them here to program > Microsoft tools. Aren't there qualified candidates here in the US? > Once you fly them here, pick them up for work and take them home at > night, pay for their room and board - seems to me you could find someone > here to do it. > > My life lost her job after 12 years so they could bring a guy from India > to program Navision. On her new job there is a guy from India that is > programming in .NET. I work for a major corporation that hires a lot of > people from India to work on their IT systems here in the US. > > I understand that it really stinks when the send a job to India, but > these companies (small and large) are bringing people HERE to work. > They are also only working on Microsoft tools. > > What's up with that?!? > Hi Jeff, They get, uh, BROWNIE points from Obama. -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/002901cc77f9$e2bbeaf0$a833c0d0$@com.au ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/1316572674.36488.yahoomail...@web161423.mail.bf1.yahoo.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.