This article really caught my eye.
Indian IT service provider Wipro is increasing the number of US and European workers it employs so its customers in the regions will not stop buying from it if protectionism increases.
At the launch of an All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG)in February, designed to improve trade between the UK and India, IT suppliers spoke about the dangers of protectionist economic policies.
Wipro, which employs 97,000, people, said it wanted to increase the number of employees outside India, and it is easier now because there are more available.
Currently, about 8% of its workers are from outside India.
Andy Gallagher, consultant at Compass Management Consulting, said Wipro is not alone in increasing the number of staff it has outside India.
He said certain roles are traditionally provided by staff local to the customer or by people from India.
“The offshore/onshore model, where you fly Indian staff over for a few months at a time,is losing its attractiveness. Clients are beginning to say they do not get continuity when people come over on 90-day visa. Also the cost difference between employing local people and flying people from India is reducing.”
He said more and more Indian companies are increasing their localised workforce for roles such as account management and relationship management.
Wait a second. Wipro has 95,000 employees worldwide with 14 centers in the United States and 12,000 employees .
Yet Wipro obtained 2,567 new H-1B Visas in 2007 alone (these Visas are good for 6 years) and an untold number of L-1 guest worker Visas. This implies the majority of employees in the United States are from India and not U.S. citizens.
So, why hasn’t Wipro and other companies operating in the United States been sued to hell and back again for discrimination? Why are they not on the receiving end of a massive class action discrimination lawsuit?
Such numbers of only Indian nationality employees in the United States is a fairly obvious statistic. From their own admission they are hiring almost exclusively one group of people. So, why are they still operating and we do not have the Department of Labor along with the EEOC breathing down their necks and suing them to kingdom come?
How does Wipro and other Indian offshore outsourcers even get away with this? The quotes alone from these executives should be enough for a massive class action discrimination lawsuit. They deem it possible to consider an American now? These statements clearly imply they do not consider Americans for jobs in their own country. That, by definition, should be a violation of U.S. EEOC law.
It’s not just Wipro either. A host of outsourcing companies almost exclusively hire their countrymen, that is citizens of India, regardless of what country they operate in.
They only hire Indians because they do not pay the market rate for people. This drives the the wages of nonindians in the US and is bad for everyone. Everyone except the corporate executives who get to pocket the money saved and will be gone by the time the lack of quality in the work done does any damage.
This is making as mad as I have ever been, first they sold off the the manufacturing base. Than they decided to bring in cheap labor to do the reminal “jobs” that Americans wont. Now they are telling us that Americans are skilled enough to handle the software development and that we need to bring in foreign workers, all the while taking money from the American tax-payer (via TARP) to simply bring in foreign based workers. They are gutting America and were there wont be any jobs for Americans
You might consider creating an account on noslaves.com and joining forces. I agree, this is ridiculous and we need policy that puts America first, not last.
I worked at Wipro for several years and recently left reluctantly. They are sending back their Indian hires and hiring locally. They have tied up with local universitites in Atlanta and are hiring fresh grads when noone else wants them. They also acquired Infocrossing 2 years ago which had 100 percent US citizens- about 1500 people. In fact they may be the only ones hiring in this industry. IBM, Accenture, et al have long ago let go of the US as their growth engine. The reason why this was not done earlier is because the laws allowed it to flourish. Their policies were legal enough as they did not sponsor GCs for their H1B hires, except in rare cases. Though you may look askance at this business model, unfortunately it was and still is well within the law. If you want blood look for it among the lawmakers.
Wrong again apologist. I suggest you Read Title Chapter 12 Section 2 Subsection 2. ANY Foreign worker who adversely affects The wages or Wirkung conditions of à U.S. Citizen is an INDAMISSIBLE ALIEN. Americans have sue but courts Never Side with them because minorities scream racism and sue The gov’t if they Loose. Welcome to The Indian Mafia.