A phony STEM shortage and the scandal of engineering visas -- how American jobs get outsourced
I can say there is probably a lot of truth here. So, is it Objectivistfor a business to use the system, or manipulate it, to be able to pull in people willing to work at lower wages and the lay off their American employees? I can see both sides to the argument, but I am curious how the Gulch looks at this.
to be loyal in exchange for my loyalty, there came down
a statement about "at-will" employment. . the change,
from a new group of managers, was intended to be a
threat to the employees. . it meant "we can terminate
your employment without any reason, at any time,"
and I took it to heart. . always working my ass off, I made
careful plans and retired soon. . "at will" goes both ways. -- j
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What a number of employees often forget is that they should always prepare themselves for every contingency. Even a well meaning employer may have to cut back or close his doors. In my case, at the end of my lease, the landlord raised the rent considerably, and also put into the lease various changes to the store façade and a new very expensive sign. That, coupled with digital photography coming in a few years caused us to hustle up a going out of business sale. Luckily by then, we only had part-time kids working for us as our margin got so tight we couldn't afford full-timers.
to punch, and fewer a$$es to kiss. . if I am tired, I can
go and take a nap. . if I want, I can go for a walk, or
sit and throw things at the tv news in the afternoon,
or take my sexy wife out for lunch. . it's Wonderful !!! -- j
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thought that I was a stool and sat on me. . one had
foundered front feet and was a real challenge. . one
mare was the smartest of the bunch, and had perfect
feet ....... farrier in my spare time, and midnight feeder,
caretaker and icebreaker! -- j
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with the demise of the nuc weapons stockpile. . DOE was --
and still is -- playing games with people money versus
facility money. . they have even cut our retirement health plan,
plus there's been no COLA for more than ten years. -- j
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There is not a fixed number of jobs of any sort. Jobs are just people helping one another. The more people working out creative new ways to use technology to solve human problems the better.
This country is not supposed to be nationalistic guild socialism or the latest equivalent forced unionism. As individualists we do not lump people into "classes" by who has a "right" to what job and who is excluded. This isn't the international version of a caste society.
Individuals have a natural right to contract with others regardless of what country they are from. They have that right because of their nature as human beings, not what country they were born in. The right isn't a gift from government, to be "protected" against others who want to compete but who are allowed to only by government permission, which the nationalists and demagogic Trump 'jobs mercantilists' want to deny.
"Graduating in STEM" says nothing about what a person is capable of doing or how motivated he is or for what. A large portion of people in any field do not wind up pursing a career in the subject in which they were formally trained. And there are those in any field who expect to be given a job of their choosing by entitlement, having gone through what they are told are formal requirements, then expecting to sit on a job regardless of who can do it better or more efficiently. Most foreign workers are not better than Americans, but the small number of those ambitious enough to make themselves better and come to this country are better than any average.
The corruption in the H1 visa program is that individuals are made dependent on bureaucracy and corporate influence because it is so difficult for an individual to contend on his own with the immigration bureaucracy and the entrenched government restrictions. That is what allows the corporate cronies to manipulate the system to bring in people who may or may not be better but in the form of indentured servants made dependent on the corporations and a corrupt system. As usual, the solution to problems caused by statism are not solved by making it more statist.
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that the people whose backgrounds are easily researched
and, thus, those who can carry clearances readily, are
at a premium in certain industries. . your career in the
navy and mine in the manhattan project naturally have
resistance to imported talent. . others aren't so fortunate.
the world is a much smaller place than it was when
I was growing up, choosing between electrical and
mechanical engineering. . many of my friends didn't
choose science-based futures, and there are those
who wish they had. . but now, even that "best" choice
is threatened. . it means that personal excellence
is worth far more than it was, then. . WoW. -- j
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Third Law of Objectivism - moral values. i am, it is; it works it's useful; is it moral?
Jan
However, that may have been a survival tactic because of the threatening chaos so prevalent in the past 30 plus years.
To be honest...I've no idea how Rand would have view it.
I do think that modern business is too short sighted. I'm not sure what to do about that. The only solution I have is in the area of tax policy -- which is certainly not an objectivist approach!
I would suggest that the holding period for long term capital gains be raised to 5 years. That would make people think longer term than the next quarter.
The kakistocracy and everything connected to it hate us as it hates itself.
How capable are the graduates? Does graduation equate to competence?
"a growing number of PhDs are in jobs that do not take advantage of the taxpayers’ investment in their lengthy education."
What taxpayers? Why are taxpayers investing in higher education of individuals at all?
I think the H-1B visa program is a scam to benefit companies with "pull", that is, able to buy the votes of con-gress. I would cancel all H-1B visas that were hired to replace citizens that were laid off, and I would terminate the program immediately, and deport every H-1B visa recipient except those holding positions that cannot be filled by American citizens. I would jail the CEOs of the companies who made contributions to politicians voting for the program and who head companies employing H-1B visa holders instead of competent American citizens.
You sound like my far left friends who want to incarcerate the people they disagree with.
So is it freedom for all who agree with me?
Only those who MAY vote MAY contribute and the contribution must be used in the same area of geo-political interest.
Soft Money and vote buying solved in one sentence
Never happen people like being bought and sold and their votes. .
What right does the government have to tell us who we can support?
You don't get more freedom by accepting less.
Some CEOs of large companies have come to the conclusion they can use government to loot others without fear of any punishment other than a slap on the hand government fine (which only rewards other looters.) If these looters are not punished they will repeat the offense and others with marginal ethics will be encouraged to loot as well.
Why are you defending them, WS?
I do not suggest that people acting in good faith under law be imprisoned, but that the laws must be changed to punish unethical behavior.
You are not talking to a liberal looter who has altruism as his banner to hide his statist goals.
Choosing not to loot is not altruism; its ethical behavior. Pursuit of self interest is no more a defense of unethical behavior than altruism is a defense for unethical behavior.
Unethical behavior in pursuit of self interest is still unethical behavior.
I will say that the 'looting' here is the ability to hire qualified employees who willingly accept your offer in order to come to the U.S. That doesn't actually sound unethical to me.
I have lost excellent team members because of how tight the H-1B program is. People that are some of the best I have worked with in my long career. Some very successful Silicon Valley entrepreneurs came here on H-1B visas and then became citizens. Being a citizen doesn't quality anyone for squat. Either you can do the work or you cannot. Generally a company would much rather hire a full time worker who does not have any visa restrictions and hassles given the choice of an equally capable worker.
Apparently you do not believe in a free market. Sad.
I believe in a free market. We don't have one and corporate looters write laws to prevent it.
Government is being used by some entities to force the transfer of assets from some of its citizens to those entities. Not a free market
Freedom's hammer hit the nail on the head.
Remember please that a "job" is not the property of some American just because it is an American company. A business exists to produce products and services that enough customers want at a price they can make a good ROI on. They do not exist to provide jobs or especially not jobs to one group over another. Employees/labor will be shopped for the best quality for price that is sufficient quality and affordable price as it should be.
But in software in the valley the problem is actually that we often can't find good software people at any price and of any nationality in the quantity actually needed.
Author doesn't take sides just lays out facts.
We deserved what we asked for....
and gave away the farm
I think that the lack of personnel for low-level jobs should be accounted for by a temp visa system (strawberries need to be picked); for people who have graduated with needed tech degrees then let's keep them here as citizens.
Jan
Jan
As free people we should be help to hire anyone we wish from anywhere in the world that we believe will do the job well. Would you deny this?
Jan