Overqualified?!?!

[johnmalloy at attbi.com (johnmalloy at attbi.com)]

1.) They got their college education for free from their 
Government.

2.) Our Gov't has consistently been cutting back on 
education, which a very bad trend.

3.)  Perhaps you should get replaced by a few of "your 
guys" (after you have trained them) and be out of work 
for over  a year and lose all your benefits nad 
insurance?

This is the case for many  hundreds of thousands 
(according to reports), there is not place for us to go.

Any logical suggestions?

--
Thanks!

John Malloy
jdm at theworld.com
> 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
> > jdm at theworld.com
> > > 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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