• MEDIA: As Big Tech Layoffs Explode, Companies Must Prioritize Retaining

    From John D Groenveld@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 5 12:09:25 2022
    Morris Dees and $PLC certified deplorable, Elizabeth Jacobs, on whether
    Donald Trump regrets dispatching Jared and Ivanka Kushner to Silicon
    Valley to sue for peace with the likes of Mark Zuckerberg: <URL:https://www.newsweek.com/big-tech-layoffs-explode-companies-must-prioritize-retaining-american-workers-opinion-1761752>
    | Troublingly, nearly all of these companies are major users of
    | foreign work visas, including the H-1B visa. Amazon currently ranks
    | first in the number of H-1B visa approvals. Meta, which is also a
    | top H-1B employer, is listed by the U.S. government as an H-1B
    | dependent employer, meaning at least 15 percent of its workforce are
    | H-1B visa holders (this percentage must be higher for smaller
    | companies). And that doesn't even include other foreign workers,
    | such those in the Optional Practical Training program, a legally
    | questionable arrangement which lets foreign students stay and work
    | for years after graduating. As my colleague David North reported,
    | while there is evidence that most of these layoffs have involved
    | both U.S. and foreign workers, the exact mix of those two work
    | forces are unknown.

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    John
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