Major companies
outsource programming jobs to countries where wages are lower.
Not exact matches
The
program isn't perfect —
outsourcing companies often grab a huge share of the 65,000 temporary visas the government awards annually and then use them to fill low - level
jobs.
Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers have criticized H - 1B visas, because the biggest beneficiaries are
outsourcing firms, which critics say use the
program to fill lower - level information technology
jobs and replace American workers.
In Fiscal Year (FY) 2013, Infosys ranked first with 6,269 H - 1B petitions approved by the government, and Tata ranked second with 6,193... these leading offshore
outsourcing firms use the H - 1B
program to replace American workers and to facilitate the offshoring of American
jobs... they don't use the H - 1B visa as a way to alleviate a shortage of STEM - educated U.S. workers; they use it primarily to cut labor costs.»
«The primary, practical function of the H - 1B
program is to
outsource American high - tech
jobs,» Harrison said.
«In any situation involving repetitive work, I recommend
job rotation,» says Pam Hart, director of safety and wellness
programs at Doherty Employer Services, a Minneapolis - based human resources
outsourcing firm (www.dohertyhro.com).
More than 930,000 specific U.S.
jobs have been certified by the U.S. Labor Department as lost to NAFTA
outsourcing and import floods under just one narrow
program called Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA).
You just got laid off, let go, subject to a Reduction in Force (RiF), discharged, rendered obsolete, made redundant, terminated, part of an «Involuntary Employee Resource
Program», you have been «promoted to being a customer», right - sized, been offered the opportunity explore new career options, your
job was
outsourced, the operation was moved off - shore, restructured out, involuntarily separated, been returned to the talent pool, denied tenure, managed out, caught in the last round, offered the opportunity to spend more time with family, issued your walking papers, or just plain fired.