In 8736691671845630.wa.butler.jongmail@listserv.ua.edu, on
07/01/2015
at 09:36 AM, Jon Butler butler@gmail.com said:
The real problem, IMHO, is that management is interested in the
bottom line...can you say H1B...and nothing else.
There's more than one bottom line. The flight magazine
Maybe Shane's asleep. I was doing 'automation' for a shipping company and
we were OK on technical side but were having trouble finding IT people with
good crossover skills. Anyway long story short Mgmt put out a job opening
in trade papers for a good salary and benefits. Guy they hired had
Well, I can't sleep. So I'll put in my small change. What IT management
wants is what the truly powerful people (the 0.5% who have 90+% of the
world's wealth) want: Serfs. Not slaves, serfs. Slaves rebel. Serfs
generally are resigned to their position in life. Well, that put me on the
hit list,
Ed Gould wrote:
Not quite. One of the companies that does this lays out in specifics that you
can hire cheaper labor with H1B's after you have advertised at a grossly
unfair rate local people who wouldn't think of working at the rate of H1B's .
At first I hardly swallowed what you said, but
On Sun, 5 Jul 2015 03:42:19 -0500, Shane Ginnane ibm-m...@tpg.com.au wrote:
No doubt the deal was trumpeted by IBM, but it's another site that will be ex
soon. How does that build the platform ?.
Shane ...
I don't think IBM wants to build the platform. They are placing all bets on
cloud,
On Sat, 4 Jul 2015 13:34:58 -0400, John Clifford wrote:
Most companies are strictly bottom-liners, IMO, and will always go with the
cheapest option.
...
Just venting a bit.
No harm in venting.
We have an analogue to the H1B - sell your soul, then bleat about all those
unemployed people
On 7/5/2015 1:32 AM, Ed Gould wrote:
On Jul 4, 2015, at 10:54 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote:
There are *DOCUMENTED* instances where IT is coached into putting an
ad into the paper asking for the world in qualifications and then put
in a low salary in the same ad. This is used to show the
I have worked for consulting companies to support IBM mainframes for
awhile. I was laid off back in 2012 after 43 years because the long term
support people were making too much money. It would be interesting to see
how fast a batch problem gets fixed at 2am, by support personnel with no
specific
Ed Gould wrote:
Timothy: You make a broad brush stroke in blue.
True.
There are *DOCUMENTED* instances where IT is coached into putting an ad into
the paper asking for the world in qualifications and then put in a low salary
in the same ad. This is used to show the need for more IT workers
On Jul 4, 2015, at 10:54 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote:
There are *DOCUMENTED* instances where IT is coached into putting
an ad into the paper asking for the world in qualifications and
then put in a low salary in the same ad. This is used to show the
need for more IT workers at a
Timothy:
You make a broad brush stroke in blue.
There are *DOCUMENTED* instances where IT is coached into putting an
ad into the paper asking for the world in qualifications and then put
in a low salary in the same ad.
This is used to show the need for more IT workers at a reduced
rate.
One should not overinterpret the available wage evidence. Businesses do
have reasonable needs to bring in foreign workers and managers at least for
some period of time. Export-oriented businesses, for example, really do
need to have staff circulation to/from overseas in order to boost their
From: Timothy Sipples sipp...@sg.ibm.com
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Date: 03/07/2015 08:53
Subject:Re: Forbes: IT Professionals Don't Have What The Tech
Industry Wants
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One should not overinterpret
The absolute, sure fire way to determine whether there's a specific
shortage is to look at the price of the product or service in alleged
short supply relative to general inflation. In this case, there's no great
mystery: we have solid wage/salary data in most developed countries. For
example, the
On Thu, 2 Jul 2015 14:16:44 +0800, Timothy Sipples sipp...@sg.ibm.com wrote:
The absolute, sure fire way to determine whether there's a specific
shortage is to look at the price of the product or service in alleged
short supply relative to general inflation.
To net it out, we don't see evidence
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On Thu, 2 Jul 2015 14:16:44 +0800, Timothy Sipples sipp...@sg.ibm.com
wrote:
The absolute, sure fire way to determine whether there's a specific
I've heard that L1 visas are a way around H1B visa limits.
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: 07/02/2015 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: Forbes: IT Professionals Don't Have What The Tech
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On Thu, 2 Jul 2015 14:16:44 +0800, Timothy Sipples sipp...@sg.ibm.com
wrote:
The absolute, sure fire way to determine whether
On 7/2/2015 11:49 AM, Dana Mitchell wrote:
On Thu, 2 Jul 2015 14:16:44 +0800, Timothy Sipples sipp...@sg.ibm.com wrote:
The absolute, sure fire way to determine whether there's a specific
shortage is to look at the price of the product or service in alleged
short supply relative to general
Good man. Humility is a virtue.
Message d'origine
De : Jon Butler butler@gmail.com
À : IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Objet : Re: Forbes: IT Professionals Don't Have What The Tech Industry Wants
Date : 01/07/2015 17:37:30 CEST
Sorry, it's my Intermediate English. Try loose
An interesting but hardly earth-shattering article. I've seen advertisements
for Senior positions that required 3 years of experience and Intermediate
English. Let's see: we are going to turn these folks lose on users to gather
requirements, design the HMI, and build a bullet-proof system?
folks lose???
Message d'origine
De : Jon Butler butler@gmail.com
À : IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Objet : Re: Forbes: IT Professionals Don't Have What The Tech Industry Wants
Date : 01/07/2015 16:36:25 CEST
An interesting but hardly earth-shattering article. I've seen advertisements
Sorry, it's my Intermediate English. Try loose.
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