Eh... I dont agree this is a good sign. I've heard that many of the layoffs were white males, and they have programs to focus on "equity" to hire low pay or no pay "diversity" interns (and programs run by BLM) and attempt to get the trained to be productive within a year... many of the H1B types are pretty terrible and don't work out so they probably swapped some low wage failures with some others.
I don't think this means suddenly there will be more good jobs for talented Americans.
And also, I'm not saying that "non-white" Americans can't be good engineers, I have worked with many... just that if they aren't good enough to actually figure things out already... randomly hiring a bunch of interns who are not really all that qualified is not likely to work. A few natural talents will emerge probably... but its the same for "white" people too.
Nah - over 50% layoffs are H-1B from India, and Google quit issuing perm applications months ago. A hiring freeze back in August! https://www.dice.com/career-advice/googles-extended-hiring-freeze-could-impact-company-culture The article below is current but there was another one a few months ago.
https://eng.bharattimes.co.in/tech-layoffs-google-pauses-green-card-applications-from-employees/
This is stopping of H-1B, a really good thing.
It's not about race - it's about equity, standing, and access to opportunity in your country regardless of skin color. Personally, I think the H-1B workers have been treated poorly and like de facto slaves - entirely hired at employers' will. Maybe it will free them up to other opportunities as well. Australia, Norway, Holland.
Eh... I dont agree this is a good sign. I've heard that many of the layoffs were white males, and they have programs to focus on "equity" to hire low pay or no pay "diversity" interns (and programs run by BLM) and attempt to get the trained to be productive within a year... many of the H1B types are pretty terrible and don't work out so they probably swapped some low wage failures with some others.
I don't think this means suddenly there will be more good jobs for talented Americans.
And also, I'm not saying that "non-white" Americans can't be good engineers, I have worked with many... just that if they aren't good enough to actually figure things out already... randomly hiring a bunch of interns who are not really all that qualified is not likely to work. A few natural talents will emerge probably... but its the same for "white" people too.
Nah - over 50% layoffs are H-1B from India, and Google quit issuing perm applications months ago. A hiring freeze back in August! https://www.dice.com/career-advice/googles-extended-hiring-freeze-could-impact-company-culture The article below is current but there was another one a few months ago. https://eng.bharattimes.co.in/tech-layoffs-google-pauses-green-card-applications-from-employees/ This is stopping of H-1B, a really good thing. It's not about race - it's about equity, standing, and access to opportunity in your country regardless of skin color. Personally, I think the H-1B workers have been treated poorly and like de facto slaves - entirely hired at employers' will. Maybe it will free them up to other opportunities as well. Australia, Norway, Holland.
Curious. That is not at all what I've heard from folks I know who work at amazon, including a couple who were effected.
Do tell - what are they saying?