• MEDIA: Tech's tidal wave of layoffs means lots of top workers have to l

    From John D Groenveld@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 20 23:16:15 2022
    Business Insider's Paayal Zaveri on whether Kevin McCarthy and
    Mitch McConnell will allow Ur M Jaddou and Alejandro Mayorkas to
    grant TPS to the Cheap Labor Lobby's RIF'd workers: <URL:https://www.businessinsider.com/flawed-h1b-visa-system-layoffs-undermining-americas-tech-industry-2022-12>
    | This feeling of disillusionment presents a competitive threat to the
    | American tech sector. Companies like Amazon, Meta, Google, Twitter,
    | and Microsoft have long relied on H-1B visas to bring in the talent
    | they need to fill positions in specialized, competitive fields like
    | engineering and computer science. Leaders like Mark Zuckerberg, the
    | CEO of Meta, have long advocated for reforming the H-1B system to
    | allow more of that talent to work in the US.

    Does Donald Trump regret dispatching Jared and Ivanka Kushner to
    Silicon Valley to sue for peace with the likes of Zuckerberg?

    John
    groenveld@acm.org
    --
    "Remember when the Left called Trump a bigot when he said the
    coronavirus came from China? Now some pretend right-wingers are
    doing the same thing to anyone who dares mention where monkeypox
    came from and how it spreads." - Columbia Bugle <URL:https://twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1552483723123331074>

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