A foreign company anchored in the US is now feeling threatened to hire American workers as the POTUS holds their H-1B visas as ransom. “Sure” says the foreign company “we’ll hire, oh, how does 10K Americans.. but they must be uniquely qualified in X profession. If not, well then they can sweep the floor and answer the phone to help little Timmy neat Level 15 of Super Mario 33 because we’re gonna bring in our own people anyway ” – PB/TK
Infosys Will Hire 10,000 American Workers After Trump Criticized Outsourcing Firms – By
India-based IT services firm Infosys Ltd said it plans to hire 10,000 U.S. workers in the next two years and open four technology centers in the United States, starting with a center this August in Indiana, the home state of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence.
The move comes at a time when Infosys and some of its Indian peers such as Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro Ltd have become political targets in the United States for allegedly displacing U.S. workers’ jobs by flying in foreigners on temporary visas to service their clients in the country.
The IT service firms rely heavily on the H1-B visa program, which U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered federal agencies to review.
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