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University of Illinois H-1B Scandal
Submitted by Tunnel Rat on Thu, 07/23/2009 - 09:42The University of Illinois hired a trustee’s future son-in-law, bypassing regular university hiring practices and awarding the relative a $115,000 salary.
BofA: Train your replacement, or no severance pay for you
Submitted by Tunnel Rat on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 08:24This is the most disgusting thing I've ever read. From a few years back, the SFGate exposes what has been going on for over a decade in high-tech America. I cam across this after Googling "Bank of America Outsourcing", looking for amunition to send my BofA rep who is handling my mortgage:
High-Tech Hobos
Submitted by Tunnel Rat on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 10:39A growing number of American I.T pros are being forced to expand their job searches far beyond their homes. Recently, I myself had to fly from Orange County up to Sacramento to interview for a contract at of all places, Modesto. This was earlier this year, and the market had dried up. I was prepared to live in a motel for several months, separated from my family.
JUST LIKE AN H-1B.
Getting Over Xenophobia-Phobia
Submitted by Tunnel Rat on Sat, 06/06/2009 - 21:12There seems to be a fear in the I.T. community about dealing with the fact that the industry is starting to be dominated by one country - India. And it is not just I.T. -- it is finance, science, and education.
As I posted before, this is not an accident. An Indian economist described India's "friendly takeover of the world" in 2000:
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