Comments on: H-1b season is here

By: Cohen

Cohen — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:04:41 +0000

Congress should remove the artificial H-1B cap. It is global, supply and demand world. Listening to nativists and racists like Dobbs, Senator Sessions, and Tancredo is pushing America further down and we are losing our competitive edge by the day!

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:41:29 +0000

I got an email recently for H1B visa holders only in the US. I wrote back and asked if there were any openings for US citizens and the answer was no. I was looking for a project at the time and this
I can see that we are only going to allow Uus citizens to work for the military pretty soon. Bill Gates and his buddies are wrong to deny jobs to US citizens so they can increase their wealth!

By: Demir Barlas

Demir Barlas — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:34:13 +0000

My understanding of the situation is that 65,000 is the “regular” limit for H-1Bs. There is also room for 20,000 additional foreign nationals who hold a Master’s or other advanced degree from a U.S. university. In addition, H-1B workers employed by universities, certain nonprofit organizations, and the U.S. government are exempt from the cap. Therefore, the number of actual H-1Bs granted in any given year is routinely much higher than the official cap.

Demir Barlas
Site Editor

By: Louis

Louis — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:31:24 +0000

You say 65K visa,s but if you browse through this site, you will find more than 65K being processed in 2007, where is the discrepancy ? Thanks.

By: Demir Barlas

Demir Barlas — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:53:23 +0000

For those of you who don’t know, the “freshers” referenced in Joe SAP’s comment are newly-minted IT folks looking to break into the SAP market, typically by working with an IT outsourcing outfit or systems integrator. The term fresher is used a lot in India in this context; the Indian websites freshersindia.com and freshersworld.com are cases in point.

Demir Barlas, Site Editor

By: JOE SAP

JOE SAP — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:15:10 +0000

The lack of jobs is a lie propagated by combination of outsourcing companies wishing to make money off of their indentured servants err.. i mean H1-B’s and the onshore businesses that wish to drive down their IT salary costs.

From an economic policy standpoint H1-B’s are a failed program. What little money an H1-B gets to pocket most is sent back home. Due to their frugal nature they provide little stimulus to the economy and from a taxation standpoint are a small revenue source compared to their US citizen counterparts.

From a job policy standpoint its obvious that the threat of outsourcing devalues IT jobs thereby disincentivising anyone from going into the field. If a tech career looked as bleak as it does now Bill G. would have probably stuck to Law.

Specific to using H1-B’s as an SAP resources the issue is their are many H1-B ‘gamers’ that give talented consultant a bad name. There are very few H1-B’s who are knowledgeable and capable and it is the ‘freshers’ that are unethically making a quick buck by inflating their skill set to get hired on and then abusing a network of a few altruistic and knowledgeable folk willing to help them figure out how to do their job. Worse are those that are double booking their assignments.