More on H1B

Engineers’ jobless rate targeted The IEEE-USA suggests that increased use of H-1B workers and outsourcing engineers jobs overseas, along with the use of temp workers, are causing the rising unemployment for engineers. While the jobless rate for all engineers rose to 4 percent in the second quarter from 3.6 percent in the first quarter this … Continue reading “More on H1B”

Engineers’ jobless rate targeted

The IEEE-USA suggests that increased use of H-1B workers and outsourcing engineers jobs overseas, along with the use of temp workers, are causing the rising unemployment for engineers. While the jobless rate for all engineers rose to 4 percent in the second quarter from 3.6 percent in the first quarter this year, the rate for computer scientists, which includes systems analysts, surged to 5.3 percent from 4.8 percent, the IEEE-USA reported.

There you go – IEEE has connected the dots. The pattern I’ve seen is like this: company hires American-born engineer to design software architecture, then fires him and gives the implementation work to a low-paid H1B or green-card engineer.

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  1. Richard,

    I’ve seen similar(hic) patterns as well.. company hires american born engineer, company spends six months training american born engineer sending him to life-enhancing seminars. company asks american born engineer to design complex workflow system. Said engineer spends six months of said company’s time and money. Company spends another six months of time and money to realize that the system designed by american born engineer is not going to work.

    Company then fires said engineer, but more often than not promotes him to project manager, where he can do little harm. Company then outsources work to cheaper H1-B labor, system gets redesigned and built correctly, to specs, and using the best available design patterns.

    My life story, project after project after project.. What’s your excuse Richard?

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