Microsoft wants more H1-B workers.

[BobRossi]

" Software maker Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), which announced plans to lay off 5,000 U.S. employees earlier this year, said it needs to import more H-1B visa workers into the country to cope with what it says is a shortage of American tech workers.

"The future success of Microsoft and every other U.S. technology company depends on our ability to recruit the world's best talent," wrote Brad Smith, general counsel at Microsoft, in a blog post."


http://www.informationweek.com/news/global-cio/h1b/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216402240&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News

[county worker]

1. The wolds cheapest talent is more like it.

[Deja Q]

23. Certainly not unprecedented...

[CountAllVotes]

2. oh bull

what Microsoft wants is more workers that won't cost them things like health care! :mad:

A HUGE F/U to Microsoft, treasonous bastards!

:dem: :kick:

[SammyWinstonJack]

3. .

:thumbsup:

[StreetKnowledge]

4. Assholes.

maybe if you dicks made better products, you wouldn't have this problem! :mad:

[OhioChick]

5. Nice....After laying off 5K recently.

Fuckers.

[ihavenobias]

9. Amen. n/t

[ChromeFoundry]

6. Looks like they are...

http://www.myvisajobs.com/Visa-Job-Keywords/microsoft.htm

Cheap fucks.

[MindPilot]

7. they lay off 5000 and then claim there is a "worker shortage"?

In the same motherfucking SENTENCE!?:argh::wtf::banghead:

[AndyTiedye]

8. Does This Not Mean That Someone Committed Perjury When They filed the H1B Application?

[babylonsister]

10. Totally stupid. Someone needs to send this to

Durbin or Grassley. :grr:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3809585

[OhioChick]

11. Done.

;-)

[babylonsister]

12. Excellent!

:toast:

[Deja Q]

21. And the President. What is going on is out of control.

[OhioChick]

25. I've been sending some of these articles to the WH, as well.

They need to hear from "We the People...."

[Deja Q]

29. Thank you kindly.

I just want fair play restored. The abuse, on both sides of the ocean, is just ethically and morally wrong.

[high density]

13. April fool?

MSFT could help themselves reach a broader employment market by increasing their geographical reach in the USA. Not everybody wants to move to Redmond, WA.

[Deja Q]

22. Possibly. Makes sense.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

14. Fuck them

They had plenty of American talent, they're just too fucking cheap.

[Occam Bandage]

15. Well, were the laid-off workers in the same field?

[Left Coast2020]

16. Hey Bill! Stick-it where the sun don't shine!

[Deja Q]

19. He retired last year. Blame Ballless Ballmer(tm) this time.

[upi402]

17. Of course, the surviving workers are swamped!

Layoff and don't bother to offshore, just defeat labor by importing workers. This is what sparked the union movement. See the movie, Matewan. It's excellent, a must see.

[Deja Q]

18. So the 5000 people laid off were done so because they aren't talented, yes...

Where's the "bullshit" smilie where the little bull keeps plopping patties?

Given the quality of VISTA and that OFFICE 2007 is just a pretty layer (minus some features from 2003) on top of the spaghetti, I'm hard pressed to believe it's about "top talent". Not by a long damn shot. Not anymore.

[Occam Bandage]

20. Microsoft simply can't be competitive with American workers! They'll lose all their market share

to foreign competitors!

Never mind that their only competition are the American company Apple and the bevy of open-source programmers.

[Deja Q]

26. I've already moved to Linux. I ain't fond of Apple either, but for Photoshop I might have to go.

Once I am professionally successful, then I'll migrate.

[blaze]

30. This might help push me to Linux. n/t

[Deja Q]

32. I'm using virtualbox and running Photoshop in a stripped down XP session.

99% usable. Some effects rendering is slower, but it is NOT unusable at all.

WINE works with CS2, but CS4 is worth the upgrade so I'm sticking with virtualbox. (which is faster than vmware :( )

[fascisthunter]

24. fuck Microsoft... their products are shit anyways

the only reason they get away with selling shit, is because they have long ago cornered the market. If you can't employ Americans, get the fuck out!

[OhioChick]

27. I like your attitude.

;-)

[Deja Q]

28. The last 5 years has shown rather a visible drop in quality...

XP with SP2 seems to be the high point, and I thought it was a little bloaty at the time too! :wow:

[burning rain]

31. Make that a shortage of workers enthusiastic for what they want to pay.

Parasites, these corporations.

[Kansas Wyatt]

33. Time for Congress to investigate the harm done by Microsoft's MONOPOLY....

And it's asinine claim that it cannot find good employees when unemployment has been sky-rocketing for Americans.

Microsoft does not pass the BULLSHIT test, and it's time for Congress to wake up about it.