Overqualified?!?!

[dmorin at lear.morinfamily.com (Duane Morin)]

On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 johnmalloy at attbi.com wrote:
> It has to stop by abolishing the H1-B and investing in 
> more education.

Ok, twice I was going to respond to this, but both times I deleted my 
message because it was too flamey.  But abolish?

I have some H1B guys.  They are outstanding engineers, who I would 
have gladly hired if they were American, too.  I got them during the 
dotcom boom when I couldn't fill the jobs because college kids were 
dropping out like flies and demanding triple salaries for half the 
qualifications.  Just because the bottom fell out of the pot of gold 
isn't my problem, nor is it my H1Bs' fault.

If I was *still* loading up on H1B's rather than paying competitive
salaries to out of work American talent, then sure, you might have a
point.  But do you expect me to just get rid of these excellent guys
I already have?  What exactly did they do *wrong* other than being
from another country?  

Duane




 >  > --
> Thanks!
> 
> John Malloy
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> > Christian,
> > You might be right, but I don't think that would help the employment 
> > situation. In a union, people are promoted based on seniority and not 
> > skills. I strongly suggest you work as a system admin or as an software 
> > engineer in a union shop. 
> > Many IT people are already unionized in some areas. I once interviewed a 
> > guy from Cummins Diesel, where the computer operators are unionized. 
> > But, as companies continue to exploit IT people, they will get the unions 
> > they deserve. 
> > On 18 Jul 2002 at 9:33, rek2 wrote:
> > 
> > > What IT needs is a Union ;-) 
> > > I'm serious.
> > 
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