[mdlug] Compuware - Ford - Jobs Available

[dave]

Aaron Kulkis wrote:

>Robert Adkins wrote:
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>>>[mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of Aaron Kulkis
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>>>Subject: Re: [mdlug] Compuware - Ford - Jobs Available
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>>>gib at juno.com wrote:
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>>>>The Compuware contract with Ford may be ending.  Many 
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>>>people are being taken off of the Ford account.  So, Ford 
>>>will be bringing in replacements. 
>>>
>>>Better not be from Wipro -- if so, all of Michigan should be 
>>>up in arms... literally.
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>>  This could be opening up a can of worms, but why?
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>>  I do not know anything of this Wipro you speak of.
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>You've heard stories of people being told that they're
>going to be layed off, and that their separation benefits
>are dependent upon training their replacements from India?
>
>In almost all cases, that's Wipro.  They are the number
>one abuser of the H1-B visa program.
>
>About 10 years ago, when I first heard that the H1-B program
>was being abused, I didn't believe it...but then I started
>seeing more and more evidence that supports the accusation.
>It's being used to displace American IT workers, not
>supplement, which is the purpose of the program.
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So far, I have not seen any replacements, from India nor anyplace else. 
I have started to get query from other Pimp houses drooling over the 
open requisitions. The fact that Ford HR posted open req's says this is 
not a move to send jobs off shore or to any specific company.