No fucking wonder I can’t find a job in tech as an ex Google tech lead.
Who is listening to us???
Especially here in California?
Indians have completely cornered the tech market, either you’re Indian or fuck off.
vbierschwale
They don’t even have to worry about their bottom line and they of all organizations should be most concerned with employing local residents.
It’s unbelievable when you start browsing through this map.
Something more is going on than just that big corporations found a way to cut labor costs.
How does a small construction company in the middle of nowhere even get the idea to hire a foreigner to do their software development work?
Why are public universities and local governments employing hundreds of foreigners?
They don’t even have to worry about their bottom line and they of all organizations should be most concerned with employing local residents.
When it comes to jobs, where there is smoke, there is fire.
A $96 Million Hindu Temple Opens Amid Accusations of Forced Labor
The temple in Robbinsville, N.J., about 15 years in the making, is believed to be the largest in the Western Hemisphere. But its construction has also been clouded in controversy.
It has also been clouded in controversy.
Federal law enforcement agents raided the temple construction site in 2021 after workers accused the builders, a prominent Hindu sect with ties to Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and his ruling party, of forced labor, low wages and poor working conditions. Their lawyers said workers who were Dalit, the lowest rung in India’s caste system, were specifically targeted. A federal criminal investigation is ongoing, as is a wage claim lawsuit.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/nyregion/nj-hindu-temple.html
I’ve heard they imported the workers from India which means it did no good for American workers, and that these dalits were paid $1.20 per hour for years.
Seems the DOL is lax when it comes to making sure minimum wage laws are upheld, doesn’t it?
So you believe Apple’s $500 billion investment will create 20,000 jobs for Americans in America?
Apple’s $500 billion investment: Apple CEO Tim Cook announced today that the company will invest $500 billion in the United States over the next four years amid President Trump’s tariffs push. The historic venture, which comes following Cook’s meeting with President Trump last week, will result in 20,000 new U.S.-based jobs and was immediately hailed as a “landmark” step in bringing back U.S. manufacturing.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/02/monday-morning-wins-historic-investment-border-security/
What did Apple do in American in 2024?
As you can see, Apple deprived Americans of 15,728 jobs in 2024.
Those jobs would have paid Americans $2,608,202,877 dollars if they had been allowed to compete for those jobs.
Meanwhile:
Apple CEO Tim Cook said Thursday that India will play a major role in making iPhones destined for the US market.
“A majority of iPhones sold in the US will have India as their country of origin,” Cook said while announcing the company’s latest quarterly results.
Vietnam, meanwhile, would be the country of origin for almost all iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and AirPod products sold in the United States, Cook added.
The statement comes as the tech giant examines ways to mitigate the impact of US President Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught on its supply chains as well as sales and profit margins.
Seems Apple is playing America for a fool, doesn’t it?
And those 20,000 jobs in America.
Based on past evidence, they will be workers imported on nonimmigrant visas like the H-1B among others.
Reality 101
I get stories like this almost daily.
I think this is the sixth IT job I’ve lost to a mass layoff related to Indian labor.
I’ve been working in IT since just before 1990.
My IT career started at around the same time as the H-1B.
What timing!
They set my separation status to “Retirement” based on “age and service at Date of Discontinuance”. I can’t afford to retire anytime soon…
Maybe the 7th IT job, if you count internal displacement.
I believe in America
8 years ago this was becoming bad, but it was only having an impact on our STEM jobs so most are not aware of it.
I bring it up now because I’m hearing from more and more skilled workers in occupations outside of technology.
None of the candidates running to replace Senator Cornyn seem to even be aware of it.
Will they represent you in the Senate if they are not aware of what is happening to you?
A Tech Veteran’s Story: The Changing Landscape of American Labor!
For a little over 40 years, I’ve lived and breathed the tech industry.
I’ve watched it evolve, transform, and, in many ways, deteriorate.
The industry I fell in love with has become almost unrecognizable, and if you haven’t witnessed it like I have, you just don’t understand the deep sense of loss that comes with it.
When I first started, the opportunities were endless.
Companies were driven by innovation, and the culture was rooted in supporting American citizen talent.
But over time, things began to change.
Slowly but surely, foreign labor started seeping in.
It wasn’t overt at first—it began with a few H1B visa holders brought in to fill skill gaps.
It seemed harmless.
But that was just the beginning.
Fast forward 15 to 20 years, and now those same visa holders have transformed into managers.
They are the ones making decisions, leading teams, and bringing in more workers from the same pool they once came from.
It’s become a cycle, a revolving door that keeps bringing in more and more foreign labor, while American talent gets sidelined.
As I watch this unfold, it feels like something I once cherished is slowly being taken over.
The soul of the industry has changed.
Where once we prioritized homegrown talent, we now prioritize the bottom line.
Companies aren’t looking to nurture the American worker anymore—they’re looking to maximize profit, and foreign labor is seen as the easiest way to cut costs.
But here’s the thing: This has to end.
The only way it will end is by addressing the corporations themselves, and hitting them where it matters most—their profits.
These corporations, driven by their bottom lines, are the ones perpetuating this cycle.
They’re the ones benefiting from the foreign labor influx, and they’re the ones who can put a stop to it.
The real failure, though, comes from the politicians who aren’t seeing the full picture.
It’s not just about filling jobs—it’s about who is filling those jobs!
Politicians love to talk about bringing back manufacturing and revitalizing industries, but they never mention that those jobs should be filled by American citizens.
It’s one thing to bring in new industries, but if the talent to fill those jobs isn’t homegrown, then nobody is truly winning.
It’s not enough to just say “we’ve created jobs”—we need those jobs to go to American citizens!
That’s why I propose the “U.S. Foreign Labor Levy”—a legislative measure aimed at imposing a progressive tax on companies that hire foreign labor over American citizen workers.
It’s the only way I see to reverse this trend and bring back fairness to the workforce.
It’s simple: if corporations want to continue flooding the market with foreign labor, they should pay a steep price for it.
The revenue from that tax could be reinvested into workforce development, creating new opportunities for American citizens and ensuring that these jobs are filled by the people who built this country.
If anyone has any other suggestions on how to reverse this, I’m all ears.
But in my view, this levy is the only solution that can bring us back to a fair, equitable workforce.
It’s time to hold corporations accountable.
It’s time to ensure that American workers, not foreign labor, are the ones filling the jobs that will drive our future forward.
Are there plenty of open jobs out there?
You will see plenty of Help Wanted Signs around America.
Have you ever stopped and asked about them?
How much they pay?
Do they pay enough that you could afford to pay rent, utilities, and a little left over?
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PAYEMS
All Presidents since 1939 have created on average 2 million jobs per year, including President Trump during his first term.
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d17/tables/dt17_219.10.asp
And we now have around 3.6 million high school graduates needing those 2 million jobs so they can start providing for their own families.
I’m told that kids don’t want to work these days.
Myself, I believe they understand these numbers better than you do, and they are desperately trying to find some other way to provide a living as its obvious that the deck is stacked against them.
To top it all off, we issue this many nonimmigrant visas each year.
Many are for pleasure, but a good many want those 2 million jobs per year, and it is obvious that they are getting the jobs ahead of citizens.
https://guestworkervisas.com/whogetsjobs.php
How many of those visas want those two million jobs?
That is anybodys guess, but this government report shows the yearly totals for each type used for work or pleasure.
Typical visas used for work are the B1, L1, all H type visas, TN, and OPT
Bottom line, we create 2 million jobs, we need nearly 4 million jobs for our kids, and we issue a average of 6 million nonimmigrant visas with many of them wanting those 2 million jobs.
Who actually gets the jobs that were created as of 2 May 2025?
- Foreign Born At: 19.4% Of The Workforce, received 47.9% Of Jobs Created Since Jan 2007
- Native Born At: 80.6% Of The Workforce, received 52.1% Of Jobs Created Since Jan 2007
Is it any wonder that our kids can’t find jobs?
