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| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Aug 24 05:03 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | American tech and non tech companies need a large pool of fresh cheap blood to replace expensive dinosaurs; that’s why H1B program exists; it will only go bigger even with T.ru-p | Aug 24 05:03 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 7 hours ago by Anonymous | Aug 24 05:03 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | OP, you are being replaced by younger, cheaper, hungrier H1.Bs | Aug 24 05:03 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 7 hours ago by Anonymous | Aug 24 05:03 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | H1B posicions fill a need for hardy workers that show up to duty stations and do not fight RTO needed for.company success. They are here to work and not complaintŝ. If work force was hardy by locals, we would have no neediŋg hear. | Aug 24 05:03 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 8 hours ago by Anonymous | Aug 24 05:03 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | @a5 | Aug 24 05:03 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | We need to look into what universities are teaching, so they educate people aiming at usability in the job market. | Aug 24 05:03 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | We also need to make sure universities don't privilege foreign students over Americans and they don't receive money from the likes of Q_a_t_a_rrr, hire professors that teach kids to not love the good USA and teach mmm_aa__rr_xxx ist bb ss instead. | Aug 24 05:03 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | How come so many kids with college education have such distorted ideas? | Aug 24 05:03 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | > Microsoft Confirms August 2025 Update Causes Severe Lag in Windows 11 | Aug 24 05:14 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > 24H2, Windows 10 Versions | Aug 24 05:14 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > https://cybersecuritynews.com/windows-update-causes-lag/ | Aug 24 05:14 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Going to write about this shortly. | Aug 24 05:14 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Thanks | Aug 24 05:14 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-cybersecuritynews.com | Microsoft Confirms August 2025 Update Causes Severe Lag in Windows 11 24H2, Windows 10 Versions | Aug 24 05:14 | |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3bewn6e | Aug 24 19:51 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Why would IBM partner off Power when it has just launched Power11 after investing billions. Even if they want to, they would atleast wait couple of years to see the customers response to Power11 | Aug 24 19:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 37 minutes ago by Anonymous | Aug 24 19:51 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | @OP | Aug 24 19:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | The vast majority of IBM Egyptian employees are worse than Indian ones - they have a lot of lovely fake certifications that they love to show off. Based on personal experience they are not much good when it comes to troubleshooting and resolving problems in a timely fashion unless it's dead easy. But they have one advantage over Indians - they are native Arabic speakers and that helps a lot in the Middle East. When it comes to work | Aug 24 19:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | ing with other Arabs on technical issues, the Egyptians are the best. They can usually work with US and other Arab techs to fix IBM tech issues since they have good English IBM and Alvind have been chasing Saudi money and business since MBS has billions of dollars. Alvind and his Pipmunks don't seem to score much when they use pathetic Indians who can't speak Arabic. At least MBS might bring in more deals to the table when they use | Aug 24 19:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Egyptians, rather than Indians. The Egyptians are winning. | Aug 24 19:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 2 hours ago by Anonymous | Aug 24 19:51 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | @et yes this makes a lot of sense. A big reason why IBM is screaming "you have to move to PowerVS Power Virtual Server!!!!" aka PVS. That is accessing Power systems and your apps remotely in 1 of IBM's WW data ctrs vs on prem. Most Power customers do not care anymore about the next turn of the crank on P10/P11/P12 etc like they may have used to. It is just a washing machine now and just runs until you need a new one in 5 to 6 yrs. | Aug 24 19:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | That refresh cycle IBM no longer likes so they would rather you spend more in the cloud-PVS model. Good for IBM. Bad for customer as the TCO is higher despite what IBM is saying. I could see IBM turning off the ability to run Power on prem (look at SAP who no longer supports on prem, it is cloud SAP RISE only). | Aug 24 19:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | And as far as Power dragging other revenue (ooops IBM also exited formerly very profitable IGF leasing) that is urban legend. It was what Sys x said for years to try and live longer at IBM but really there are no longer all IBM shops so really Power customers do not but IBM storage of IBM consulting. And there is zero teamwork and motivation for IBM sales teams to work together. It is dog eat dog. In fact most IBM sales people do n | Aug 24 19:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | ot know each other anymore with IBM trying to get down to 10 or so hubs in the US. There are real estate offices now bigger than IBM bldgs for sales. I think it is true most US states now have no IBM bldgs other than MAYBE a TLS parts drop. I think IBM leadership thinks you no longer need local sales and SEs. Just have "partners" sell IBM and buy IBM software via SaaS off IBM cloud or better yet off AWS etc. Problem is IBM really h | Aug 24 19:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | as no partners. Partners can and do sell IBM, HPE, Cisco, Dell, SAP, MSFT, Nutanix, VMware etc etc etc so there is no loyalty or leading with IBM like there used to be when the customers viewed IBM reps as the trusted advisors and would FULFILL thru partners. The who IBM ecosystem thing is so sc--wed up with people who have been promoted that have never sold, anything or where horrible at it or have not done it in 15 yrs say "...we | Aug 24 19:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | ll when I was a seller...". | Aug 24 19:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Aug 24 19:51 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | +2 | Aug 24 19:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | If you run the numbers, Power most likely is a cost drain on IBM. Power sales = 2 billion a year at 35% margins (enterprise sales are larger margins (60-70%) but scaleout margins are smaller (5-30%). Given that a new generation of Power (eg Power 12) is going to cost 3-4 billion in development and investment, you can see 700 million profit per year (2 x .35) doesn’t break even till you hit the 5 year mark. IBM can’t have a 5 ye | Aug 24 19:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | ar development cycle for Power and have it remain viable. THUS IBM has to find a partner to share development costs, or come up with “something else”. Could IBM’s Telum chip absorb “enterprise Power” installs? Perhaps Could IBM spinoff all of the low end and farm the IP? Perhaps Anything is possible, BUT right now given current course and speed, Power doesn’t have a profitable future. NOTE there are other reasons to inv | Aug 24 19:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | est in Power. EG it catalyzes SW sale, it catalyzes consulting and ISV (eg SAP) sales, it provides essential technology for “Enterprise storage” I truly suspect the bean counters have run the numbers and suggested to management that something has to change | Aug 24 19:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Aug 24 19:51 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | +5 | Aug 24 19:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | It’s all about money; button pushers from overseas cost a fraction of the cost from the ones from the USA ; especially when factored in all the costs associated, such as overhead, etc… | Aug 24 19:51 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3c1bhhm | Aug 24 19:59 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | "This is perhaps the BEST analysis I have seen in a very long while. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | One thing to add: HR departments are a joke and complicit, HR people are one of the most hypocritical in the corproate world, because they talk one talk, but they always walk another walk. Yes, I know why, but how do they sleep at night? CHROs are glorified and overpaid i_d_i_o_t_s | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 3 hours ago by Anonymous | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 5 reactions (+5/-0) | Reply | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @e4+1k3c1bhhm | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | What changes , this will be Same or worst than $10 registration brought by same administration which benefited offshore/ consulting firms only. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | How it will bring jobs back or hire US citizens instead of H1b if underlying numbers remain same ? | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Let’s say, first round only 30 companies submitted 1000 candidates with 250k salary. Now 84000 cap left and USCIS will conduct second lottery, this time all companies submitted candidates with 70k same like before and lottery gets full. Basically there is no cap changes and no changes to number of lottery conducted by USCIS. So what was happening with single round will continues for many rounds but nothing will change underneath. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | In 1990, when H1b law passed by creating fake Y2K fear, there was no offshore. Now 99% companies using offshore directly or indirectly using vendors. This is possible due to joint employer and independent contractor rules only. Same current administration modified it so it will be easier for companies to cheat. We don’t need H1b or any temp visa at all if offshore or remote is allowed. Current IT working model uses these temp vis | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | a folks to ship jobs offshore rather helping US economy. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | H1b, offshore and almost all temp work visa like h4,L2, OPT , CPT, TN connected to each other. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | These extreme layoff in IT is due to change in Lottery/ H1b rules only. This rule will enable companies to ship jobs offshore rather than need of H1b on US soil. It’s fact that this wage issue in H1b reported on many many congressional review reports starting from 2003. Nothing done for 22 years by design and it’s way too late now. Entire H1b and all temp work visa must be suspended immediately. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Companies will hire one H1b/ l1/tn person in US with $200k and move entire department offshore. Earlier IT companies were hiring H1bs with $70k * 5 =$350k, now they use $100k to hire 4 folks offshore from remaining $150k and still save $50k. How it will benefit US citizens? This is why it’s hard to find jobs for freshers in USA these days. One report says 5million jobs went offshore since Jan 2025. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Simple two or three clauses law will fix all. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Any job must be given to US citizens first including 2 years mandatory job training if needed. ( including offshore jobs too) | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Any temp work visa holder must be paid 3 times more than comparable US citizens with mandatory surprise site visit every 3 months | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Other way to fix is to bring in entrance exam like USMLE does for medical field. Companies can not sponsor candidate unless they clear strict 3 stage entrance exam which eliminate fake degree and offshore experience game. This is must to see candidate is really helpful as consulate interview is joke like 15 to 20 minutes with same common questions like do u have job? Which city ? Direct or consulting firm etc..? Seriously, US citiz | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | ens give 3 to 6 rounds of interviews for same position but H1b guy give just 15 to 20 minutes kindergarten type interview. Consulate must introduce 3 to 5 rounds interviews and must verify what candidate says during each of them before issuing visa. Basically any work visa or staying in USA for more than 1 month, must clear multi stage interviews. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | There are many other ways but simple, fast and efficient is to use existing rules and laws until we have common sense laws passed by Congress. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 3 hours ago by Fake politicians cheat executives | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 7 reactions (+7/-0) | Reply | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @e2+1k3c1bhhm | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @dq | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Who ever thought AK would be a good choice? He looks and talks like a moh ron | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Board of Directors (Dinosaur Club) 1: "Oh, it seems like all these Silicon Valley companies are going with CEOs from India." | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Board of Directors (Dinosaur Club) 2: "Oh, yeah, do we have one of those around?" | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Board of Directors (Dinosaur Club) 3: "Oh, yeah, we have the one that is going around talking Cloud and Red Hat stuff" | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Board of Directors (Dinosaur Club) 4: "Did he achieve anything? Do we know?" | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Board of Directors (Dinosaur Club) 1: "Don't know. But he will make us look like Google, Adobe, Palo Alto, Microsoft. So we pick one of those?" | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Board of Directors (Dinosaur Club) 4: "Oh, OK, let's go with that. We'll look like we are back and innovative and going with the times, right?" | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Board of Directors (Dinosaur Club) 3: "Totally." | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Board of Directors (Dinosaur Club) 2: "Deal. He will do the outsourcing like other do too, so we Weill look so cool." | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 3 hours ago by Anonymous | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 6 reactions (+6/-0) | Reply | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @e0+1k3c1bhhm | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | At the end of the day, it’s all about money and stocks performance when the stock market weighs trillions of dollars; and when pension funds and investors control the boards of directors, employees are then no more than just numbers that can be replaced. Corporations need to have access to a large pool of young cheap hungry workers to make them compete fiercely. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | In addition, cheaper H1Bs help transitioning job outsourcing more easily to India and other cheap countries using native language during countless hours without complaint and resilience; at the risk of deportation if they don’t outperform. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | American corporations are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars in lobbyists in Washington DC to defend, promote and grow H1B program that will only expand because there is too much at stake. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | So H1B program is a win win situation for corporations, for stock investors, but not for American peon employees | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @ds+1k3c1bhhm | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Enough of people from India coming here. How about people from Europe? Oh that is right. Alvind is a racist effing bigot | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 5 hours ago by Anonymous | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 8 reactions (+8/-0) | Reply | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @dq+1k3c1bhhm | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @ay | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "JD, used fiery words against H1b when running for senate seat but did nothing ( not a single word ) after wining election. Infact people all over internet shared photos where he and his best buddy Vivek talking about H1b during their collage days. JD’s wife supported many organizations who heavily sponsor H1b. Tennessee house guy block every strict policy against immigration by voting NO and claiming he is MAGA with some weird r | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | eason but caught having fiesta party with Indian community last week that shows all." | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Right. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Pres T went with JD because according to him his kids told him, he was going to go with Rubio. Personally, I think that it would have been a better choice. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | I may be wrong, but the H1B visa program is the reason why organization simply layoff employees and replace them, rather than re-train, re-skill, provide help and support for continuing education. Many folks that could have been given the opportunity to move to do something else are canned, "because they don't have the skills" as opposed to letting people move from a knowledge perspective with market needs. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Personally, I had to pay out of my own money to continued learning, because nobody cared about keeping me up to date, so I cared for myself. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 5 hours ago by Anonymous | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 11 reactions (+11/-0) | Reply | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @dk+1k3c1bhhm | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | I hate to say it, but: | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Indians consistently receive the largest share of H-1B visas, often accounting for over 70% of approvals each year. China is typically the second most common country of birth for H-1B recipients, though the number is significantly lower than for India. While a wide range of countries receive H-1B visas, the numbers for any other single country are very small compared to India and China. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Why does this happen? Indian companies mastered the way to use the H1B system. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Top Indian IT companies by H-1B visas in 2024: | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Infosys: In the period from April to September 2024, Infosys was a top recipient, with 8,140 approved H-1B visa beneficiaries. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Tata Consultancy Services (TCS): During the same period, TCS secured 5,274 H-1B visas. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | HCLTech (HCL America): HCL America received 2,953 visa approvals, placing it among the leading beneficiaries as well. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Cognizant Technology Solutions: Although now headquartered in the US, Cognizant was founded in India and consistently ranks as a top H-1B employer. It secured 6,321 visas in the April–September 2024 period. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Wipro and Tech Mahindra: These companies also received thousands of H-1B visa approvals in 2024, though fewer than the top Indian firms. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | The H-1B visa program is rigged by IT staffing and outsourcing firms. For example, these firms use multiple applications to crowd out deserving candidates. They inflate their H-1B applications using fake job postings and resumes. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | There are tons of articles exposing this. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Former Staffers Say India’s Biggest IT Firm Was Gaming the US Visa System | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | bloomberg.com | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-02-17/india-s-tcs-misclassified-managers-to-skirt-h-1b-rules-former-staffers-say?embedded-checkout=true | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | The point of it all is that originally the H1B visa program had one intention, but India (yes, India) mastered a way to rig it and now it became something that wasn't supposed to be. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | That's the reality, folks. This is based on plain data. | Aug 24 20:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | All the H1B visas go to Indians first, Chinese second (by far) and then everyone else (by a very minimum). | Aug 24 20:00 |
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