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| From | Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.electronics.design |
| Subject | Re: H-1B Reform |
| Date | 2017-02-09 12:40 -0800 |
| Message-ID | <eg42d3F4qohU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (12 earlier) <eg3gv7F14qlU1@mid.individual.net> <k04p9c93jfpjpge291lg9jf5ud4crk4r4g@4ax.com> <o7ig3k$fdg$1@dont-email.me> <eg41ktF4kvtU1@mid.individual.net> <TrKdnV5m4uVhTAHFnZ2dnUU7-T-dnZ2d@supernews.com> |
On 2017-02-09 12:33, Phil Hobbs wrote: > On 02/09/2017 03:27 PM, Joerg wrote: >> On 2017-02-09 11:34, Phil Hobbs wrote: >>> On 02/09/2017 11:02 AM, Neon John wrote: >>>> On Thu, 09 Feb 2017 07:42:56 -0800, Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Not true. Sometimes you need someone who is intimately familiar with >>>>> the >>>>> regulatory system and habits in a foreign country for which a >>>>> product is >>>>> to be geared _and_ is fluent in that language. Then the number of >>>>> available engineers for this job in the US can be zero. Other times >>>>> you >>>>> can find a local engineer but only by prying him or her out of another >>>>> company. Then that company will have a serious problem at their hands. >>>>> They can outbid themselves like sports teams sometimes do but in the >>>>> end >>>>> there will still not be enough talent available. >>>> >>>> I'm sure that happens a couple hundred times a year and in many cases >>>> this specialist doesn't need to be in the US. >>>> >>>> I can't speak a word of Chinese but we buy several components from >>>> China included custom manufactured parts. I did the simply hired an >>>> agent. This guy is an American of Chinese descent who moved to China >>>> to exploit his combination of language and engineering skills. He's >>>> not inexpensive but I only use him when I need him and he's very good. >>>> >>>> Pretty any strawman you can erect, someone can find a solution to >>>> without allowing companies to screw over us Americians, especially us >>>> older ones. >>>> >>>>>>> Therefore, the proposed changes setting a high minimum pay encourage >>>>>>> proper use by curbing improper use. Most of all it will prevent >>>>>>> companies from illegally displacing American workers. >>>>>> >>>>>> The high minimum wage means the program won't be used because at that >>>>>> $120,000 an engineer will be found in the US... >>>> >>>> Bingo! >>> >>> I got an H-1 in September 1987. They weren't all going so fast then. >>> >> >> I am also quite sure that they paid you well above prevailing wage back >> then. >> >> > My post-doc salary at IBM was about the same as Tektronix offered me as > a permanent employee at the same time. Competitive but not stellar. > > I was a post-doc for 2 years, and it took nearly 5 years to get a green > card after I got hired permanently, so I've had one since 1994. > That's the key word, competitive. They didn't use your status to create an indentured situation but paid you commensurately and not below what US-Americans would have made. Unfortunately H1B has deteriorated so badly that it is often used as a cheap guest worker program. That had to change and it seems it now finally will change. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/
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Re: H-1B Reform Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-02-08 12:06 -0800
Re: H-1B Reform rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-02-06 03:18 -0500
Re: H-1B Reform bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-02-06 03:17 -0800
Re: H-1B Reform Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-02-06 07:51 -0800
Re: H-1B Reform makolber@yahoo.com - 2017-02-06 10:08 -0800
Re: H-1B Reform Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-02-06 10:11 -0800
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Re: H-1B Reform Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-02-06 20:36 +0000
Re: H-1B Reform Neon John <no@never.com> - 2017-02-08 17:20 -0500
Re: H-1B Reform krw@notreal.com - 2017-02-08 20:14 -0500
Re: H-1B Reform rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-02-06 19:36 -0500
Re: H-1B Reform Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-02-07 08:02 -0800
Re: H-1B Reform Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2017-02-07 17:01 -0500
Re: H-1B Reform rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-02-07 20:33 -0500
Re: H-1B Reform Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-02-08 08:18 -0800
Re: H-1B Reform rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-02-08 17:02 -0500
Re: H-1B Reform Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-02-08 14:36 -0800
Re: H-1B Reform rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-02-08 21:12 -0500
Re: H-1B Reform Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-02-09 07:42 -0800
Re: H-1B Reform Neon John <no@never.com> - 2017-02-09 11:02 -0500
Re: H-1B Reform Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-02-09 10:36 -0800
Re: H-1B Reform Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2017-02-09 14:34 -0500
Re: H-1B Reform Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-02-09 12:27 -0800
Re: H-1B Reform Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2017-02-09 15:33 -0500
Re: H-1B Reform Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-02-09 12:40 -0800
Re: H-1B Reform bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-02-09 17:58 -0800
Re: H-1B Reform Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-02-06 17:10 +0000
Re: H-1B Reform Lasse Langwadt Christensen <langwadt@fonz.dk> - 2017-02-06 09:24 -0800
Re: H-1B Reform Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-02-06 18:05 +0000
Re: H-1B Reform Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-02-06 10:18 -0800
Re: H-1B Reform Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-02-06 20:41 +0000
Re: H-1B Reform Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-02-06 13:31 -0800
Re: H-1B Reform Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-02-06 22:05 +0000
Re: H-1B Reform Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-02-06 14:56 -0800
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