Outsourcing here at home
OK, this is a different type of giving our job to folks overseas. It turns out that our own companies that send jobs offshore also us the H-1B Visa to bring temorary skilled workers here. The problem is that these temp workers make less than our new college graduates.
30% of the 65,000 H-1B Visas issued worldwide went to Indians.
I think that before these visas are issued that the companies using those folks should have to advertise for the jobs here at standard wages before being allowed to bring in outsiders.
December 5th, 2007 at 10:36 am
Employers are supposed to pay H1-B visa employees the same rate of pay as American employees, though it is widely known that there are ways around that. There is a limit to the number of h1-B visas issued each year and it is usually filled for the year within just a few weeks. The greater threat is L-1 Visa workers. These are workers hired overseas and “transferred” to the U.S. to fill positions. There is no limit on L-1 visas. Temporary staffing companies like TATA in India, are setting up office in the U.S., filling contract positions at American Companies using “transferees” from India. They are NOT paid the same as Americans and often have to share an apartment with several other “transferees”.