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No Lifer
Originally posted by: calbear2000
Originally posted by: JellyBaby
A U.S. company's yearly government Social Security hit for a high tech employee is equal to the yearly salary of a worker in India. Simply amazing.
The D response is "This is sad. We need to regulate U.S. companies more and think about unionizing the tech industry." Yes, burden companies with even more costs so foreign workers are even more attractive. Oy.
The R response (if there is one) is "The creme of the crop will stay employed, others will retrain." True enough, necessity is a harsh mistress, but surely there is something government can do for American workers?
This isn't like the gradual shift from manufacturing to service jobs....this is hitting hard and faster and there's no new careers to shift into here...it's a zero-sum end-game.
As sad as it is to ask government to step in and as short-sighted as the solution may be, I think legislation to limit the high-tech outsourcing is long overdue. Too many highly skilled and educated engineers are sitting idle in Silicon Valley while there is a hiring spree in Bangalore, India by Silicon Valley companies.
What void are these engineers to fill while their jobs are being shipped out of the country?
I am now hearing from friends that they are moving to these Countries such as India and Russia to land Tech jobs.
I have confirmation of two that have already moved. Amazing, was it the intent to have the U.S. best minds shift overseas as well?