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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A majority of migrant workers employed with H-1B visas are paid below-median wages: Large tech firms, including Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, use visa program to underpay workers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  When I outsourced several departments to HCL. Managed that contract for 5 years. Spent lots of time hobnobbing with the Sr. Leadership of both companies and their H1B transplants. I’ve worked in medical, education, and banking, doing the same thing, and the story has been the same each time. The management and sales staff jet around in their leased Teslas. The staff they bring in were generally good people but almost always lacking the actual skills to replace the workers that we let go. Worked for a US based outsourcer also and pretty much the same. Sales made promises that we knew we could’t deliver. There are probably exceptions out there, but it’s not the norm. HCL was the worst, but Infosys, Accenture… each one I have worked with has been the same. Now, there might be other H1B visas that don’t come in this way… but it was NEVER about not being able to find the right local talent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A majority of migrant workers employed with H-1B visas are paid below-median wages: Large tech firms, including Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, use visa program to underpay workers⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah… I couldn’t care less. They are the modern-day Union busting scabs who swoop in when CEOs need to cut budgets. I would love to see the number of H1B visa holders who drive tesla. I’ll tell you right now it’s a huge portion of them. The overseas company usually foots the bill for housing, and most of the money is sent to where it is NOT below median wage. The whole reason that CFO went down this road was to save money and pay them less. The company pays the outsourcer for contracted work and has 0 insight into how much of that makes it to the H1B visa holder. Everyone is in the loop and knows exactly what they are doing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨*Everyone liked that*⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Insurance companies do not offer a service. There is no value other than to share holders. I had to explain to my daughter that it is literally illegal for a CEO to do the right thing if it will cost shareholders. They leach profits by being an unnecessary middleman and finding every loophole they can so they don’t have to actually do the thing they say they exist for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Always happy when the holiday cactus flowers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Congrats. We just moved to a new climate and a plant we have had for years is just now looking the same.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fired Employee Allegedly Hacked Disney World's Menu System to Alter Peanut Allergy Information⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Outsourced IT and not all Apps were AD authenticated is my guess. Probably a request sitting in a queue waiting for SLA.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Opera says it will continue to support old Chrome extensions, including uBlock Origin⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Chromium backend and owned by shady Chinese mega-corp.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Opera says it will continue to support old Chrome extensions, including uBlock Origin⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Opera hasn’t been viable for decades. Dint use Opera.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people on the internet (and Lemmy) so quick to say someone "deserves to die"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the one thing we all deserve, the great equalizer. That’s not what you are asking, I know but still.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Court blocks the FCC's efforts to restore net neutrality... again⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  "Net neutrality’s opponents have long argued that the rules will put off investors. " yeah no shit. Here is the part where people who are not an ISP give 2 shits. Supply side are assholes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Intel's stock drops 30% overnight —company sheds $39 billion in market cap | As of now, Intel's market value is a fraction of Nvidia's worth and less than half of AMD's⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
  1. glad I just went with AMD. Dodged a bullet.
  2. Man that 11 billion they just got from us, so hot.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk's Boring Company Hasn't Produced Anything but Safety Violations⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This assumes it was alive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ISPs seeking government handouts try to avoid offering low-cost broadband⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Meanwhile, in an affluent suburb of Pittsburgh, two companies are pulling new fiber, where there is already a provider and fiber lines. Why? Because of this. No one chooses Comcast unless they are the only game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Americans Are Sharing The "Normal, Everyday" Aspects About The US That Are Actually Dystopian, And I Can't Believe We Tolerate Some Of These⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You also have to burn your sick/vacation days for it too most of the time if you plan on getting paid. So, if you require time off to care for your newborn afterward, good luck. We won’t even get started on how much child care costs once your CEO decides WFH is not viable. Bottom line, we dint care about you and your baby.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rock Eagle Flag⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel 9/11 and faux news had something to do with fetishizing guns. Fear mongering kills.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Born from the tragedy of gun violence, this program teaches children how to stop a wound from bleeding out | CNN⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I am never opposed to any sort of survival, triage, or emergency training. Wounds, broken bones, severe weather… things that should be taught in schools. Do you want the next generation to be better? Teach them about the consequences of our freedoms and how to deal with them.

• Jeff Landry signs education bills that promise to bring 'drastic change.' See the list.www.nola.com ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ron DeSantis signs bill scrubbing ‘climate change’ from Florida state laws⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess there will be some sad faces when they ask their insurance company why their policies have been dropped.

• Civil War General William T. Sherman's sword and other relics to be auctioned off in Ohioapnews.com ↗
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• School board votes to restore Confederate names to schools in Shenandoah County - It Passedyoutu.be ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A quick Google puts the top two at Apple and Amazon. So that is a big no for me boss. I am pretty sure the next ones listed are just torrent front ends. I have a life now so no time for that…spotify it is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s too convenient. Most people just want easy access and don’t even think of the downstream impacts. If a song or two goes unavailable, probably won’t notice. There is gonna need to be an alternative that is cheap and feature rich along with Spotify missing some steps. It’s here for awhile.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why craft breweries are under threat as closures leap 49%⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same in US. Too many to count, and they are not really all that good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UnitedHealth Exploits an ‘Emergency’ It Created⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This makes me consider a vendor relationship and using MSP’s as a whole. Is this a thing now?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The EU says X is the worst platform for disinformation | Just as it removes a way to report election misinformation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This has been my thought the whole time. In general just to put down the effective communication ofbthe masses in real time that is scaryvtonabcertaim small group of people.