• MEDIA: Tech Employers Lay Off Workers, but Get New Rounds of H-1Bs

    From John D Groenveld@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 15 12:26:37 2023
    Morris Dees and $PLC certified deplorable, David North, on whether
    Casey DeSantis regrets that Ron did not invite the likes of Mike
    Emmons to join him on the Never Back Down campaign stage to stump
    for an immigration moratorium: <URL:https://cis.org/North/Tech-Employers-Lay-Workers-Get-New-Rounds-H1Bs>
    | Nevertheless, recent newspapers are carrying news about layoffs at
    | the music site Spotify, an H-1B user. It cut 1,500 jobs and the news
    | of the layoffs boosted its share price the day after the
    | announcement by 7 percent. According to myvisajobs, it was awarded
    | 188 pre-lottery H-1B slots this year, meaning that it actually got
    | to hire about one-third of that figure, or about 63 new alien
    | workers.
    |
    | Meanwhile, here are the four tech firms with the most layoffs in
    | 2023 and the H-1B slots they obtained:
    |
    | Tech Employers with the Most Layoffs in 2023 and H-1B Slots
    | Allocated
    | Employer Layoffs in 2023 (as of Nov. 1) H-1B Slots Allocated in
    | 2023 (About 3 times the intake of actual new H-1Bs)
    | Amazon 16, 080 19,473
    | Alphabet (Google) 12,000 9,935
    | Microsoft 11,158 7,819
    | Meta (once Facebook) 10,000 4,384
    | Sources: Column 2, "The Crunchbase Tech Layoffs Tracker", Crunchbase
    | News; Column 3, myvisajobs.com.

    Will Donald Trump nominate Never Back Down's Ken Cuccinelli to succeed
    Ur M Jaddou at USCIS.GOV and will Mitch McConnell consent?
    John
    groenveld@acm.org
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