re: going elsewhere to find information: Glad to oblige... Google these: wipro (h-1b OR h1) fraud wipro (h-1b OR h1) fraud -explain -dice -outsourcing -letters The 2nd one filters out alot of redundant ones, but the 1st one's top results are important. Also... Debunking the Myth of a Desperate Software Labor Shortage (Norm Matloff, UC Davis) http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/itaa.html vdare mar-04-03 - Is Outsourcing Trade ? Or Dispossession http://www.vdare.com/roberts/free_trade_notes.htm (note: I have no political associations) Using L-1 to get around H-1B --BW March 10, 2003 A Visa Loophole as Big as a Mainframe http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_10/b3823111_mz021.htm Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/osc/htm/contactus.htm H-1B Class Action Legal Information http://www.geocities.com/h1baction/Law.html LCA Database Tutorial http://www.jobdestruction.com/LCA-Data/Tutorial.htm (main page has a signup for the newsletter, very influential) On 7/5/07, Andrew W. Riley III <drew3rdof3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Howdy Steve, > > Understood, and I actually agree. But how would I know to go there? More > than a few times I have thought there needs to be an appropriate way to go > OT and still have the possibility of including the invaluable thoughts of > anyone on the SI-List. > > Oh well. I thank each of you for your educational posts. > > Cheers! > Drew > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "steve weir" <weirsi@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <drew3rdof3@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: <praveen.srikantaiah@xxxxxxxxx>; <hreidmarkailen@xxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 9:08 AM > Subject: Re: [SI-LIST] OT: Job Opening at Wipro Technologies > > > > Drew, this is a global technical forum that allows job postings. > > Praveen's posts fell easily within those parameters. Agathon's post was > > out of bounds on several fronts. The internet is filled with places > > where Agathon's post would be far more appropriate. > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Steve. > > Andrew W. Riley III wrote: > >> Hmm, > >> > >> I believe at the *very* most an "OT" should be prepended to the subject > >> line and Agathon's post is a very relevant albeit noticeably sensitive > >> topic. > >> > >> Personally, I also believe that I have been able to get back into the > >> career I love because more than a few US companies were tired of paying > >> for a bookmark from outsourcing the layout of their design to other > >> countries. > >> > >> At the risk of being flogged, I would like to hear more. > >> > >> Cheers! > >> Drew > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: <praveen.srikantaiah@xxxxxxxxx> > >> To: <hreidmarkailen@xxxxxxxxx> > >> Cc: <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 2:52 AM > >> Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Job Opening at Wipro Technologies > >> > >> > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> First of all, I don't think this is a forum where we discuss > >>> globalization, its impact, outsourcing or H1/L1 Visa frauds. Those > >>> things are heavens apart from the scope of this list. This message is > >>> only for the needy and if someone is not implicated, he/she should > keep > >>> quiet. > >>> > >>> As the welcome message clearly states, this is a forum to discuss SI > >>> related stuff and may be post SI related job opportunities (that too > >>> with utmost caution). > >>> > >>> Moderator, can you please block these irrelevant messages/senders? > >>> > >>> Thanks and regards, > >>> Praveen > >>> > >>> ________________________________ > >>> > >>> From: agathon [mailto:hreidmarkailen@xxxxxxxxx] > >>> Sent: Thu 7/5/2007 7:38 AM > >>> To: Praveen Srikantaiah (WT01 - TES-Transport Infrastructure) > >>> Cc: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>> Subject: Re: [SI-LIST] Job Opening at Wipro Technologies > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> This is interesting. Let's assume this job posting is real. > >>> > >>> After years of displacing U.S. citizens via fraudulent use of H-1B > _and_ > >>> L-1 visas, Wipro has the cajones to post, right in our face, an > >>> offer of employment in India. No quantity of rupees could compensate. > >>> > >>> Now, some obvious questions arise. > >>> > >>> What U.S. citizen are they expecting to hire? If they don't expect > to, > >>> as anyone can subscribe to the si-list, then what non-U.S. citizen > from > >>> what country would want such a job location? No, the U.S. - as we > >>> know - is a declining place, so suddenly not producing enough > engineers > >>> and other professionals, it's like the bubonic plague by God, for > which > >>> India and China had to come to the rescue. But, I don't think your > >>> typical U.S. citizen engineer would take very well to the corruption > >>> over there and stark class society. > >>> > >>> So, why is Wipro having an issue filling the job with the 'superior' > >>> non-U.S. citizen worker? > >>> > >>> Hmmm... possibly is the targeted candidate Indian? Might they be in > >>> the U.S.? Are there no direct means within India to find such a > person? > >>> Evidently not. And evidently a shortage exists within Wipro and > >>> wherever their tentacles reach. Wait, I thought - as the Indian (and > >>> U.S., unfortunately) press trumpet - the Indian engineer is so much > >>> better and they produce masses of them? What's the problem finding an > >>> Indian engineer who also knows a little physics? Gee whiz. So sad. > >>> > >>> I've just heard (BBC I think) that U.S. companies are closing Indian > >>> operations. And, the Indian edge is decreasing due to costs. So, > don't > >>> offer the weak crap that it's demand that's causing the Wipro posting. > >>> Intel is going to Vietnam, instead. Yep, the race to the > bottom. Even > >>> the Indians might actually catch a clue sometime > soon. Americans? No; > >>> too deep in sleep. I have NEVER met an H-1B/L-1 who could contribute > to > >>> any SI effort and, at Intel on one occasion, only contributed to > >>> negative productivity. > >>> > >>> More likely, Wipro and the like are starting to retrench and build the > >>> home base. Especially since the H-1B cap wasn't raised. The rampant > >>> fraud in India has drained off alot of the H-1B slots, leaving Wipro > >>> high and dry. Well, waddya know, the law of supply and demand does > >>> exist. Just not in the usual way. Yee ha!! > >>> > >>> "Fraudsters walk away with H1B visas!" > >>> http://seeker.dice.com/olc/thread.jspa?threadID=2421&tstart=0 > >>> "Glen Keiser, Consular Section Chief, US Consulate, Mumbai said, "We > >>> have found to our regret that Hyderabad and Bangalore are centres of > H1B > >>> visa fraud and that it is not difficult to walk into an operation and > >>> someone rather forthrightly tell you that they can produce anything to > >>> appear to qualify for an H1B visa...". The link at the above link has > >>> Indian tv video describing Wipro's Woes. > >>> > >>> The 5% of their GDP that is tech exports (incl. services) is not > growing > >>> as in the past and the nervousness doth rear its ugly head. Plus, the > >>> only way to exploit the L-1 visa is to have personnel employed at a > >>> "home base", ready for transfer to the U.S. - without any protections > >>> for U.S. citizens whatsoever (not even any H-1B fig leaf protection). > >>> > >>> So, this is a rich thought... Like my mom always said, "the truth > will > >>> out". And it cometh right quick. So I say India should legislate a > >>> US-1 visa whereby we foreigners may be imported to save the ship. At > an > >>> appropriate premium, of course. But, that might have to wait until > >>> AFTER our Congress has devolved us further, maybe into 3rd World > status. > >>> > >>> Obviously, since India is apparently incapable of producing someone > >>> skilled enough, Wipro is counting on past H-1B exploitation of Indians > & > >>> Americans having produced someone who can do this work from their U.S. > >>> experience _and_ who now wants to work in Bangalore, ready to continue > >>> taking work from U.S. citizens, or others, in their own country. > That > >>> takes balls. And a U.S. Congress bought and paid for. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 6/29/07, praveen.srikantaiah@xxxxxxxxx < > praveen.srikantaiah@xxxxxxxxx > >>> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> Wipro Technologies' SI group is looking for an SI engineer with around > >>> 10 years of experience. The job is based out of Bangalore, India. > Below > >>> is the job description. If interested email me. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Praveen > >>> > >>> > >>> Roles & Responsibilities > >>> PCB stack-up definition, PCB material selection, and layer assignment > as > >>> per Signal Integrity / Cross talk requirements. > >>> Do pre-layout and post-layout signal Integrity analysis for various > >>> boards. > >>> Review analysis results and all checks as per guidelines needed by > Wipro > >>> and client specifications. > >>> Review Signal quality measurement results and tune models/ methodology > >>> accordingly. > >>> Develop/Enhance/Update methodology based on advancements in Signal > >>> Integrity / Design complexity. 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