Comments on: Absurdly Low Cap on H1B Visas Is Wildly Misguided http://blogs.jobdig.com/diggings/2008/04/23/absurdly-low-cap-on-h1b-visas-is-wildly-misguided/ A blog about recruitment advertising, media, publishing, HR, work, & technology, among other things Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:42:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: SorenB http://blogs.jobdig.com/diggings/2008/04/23/absurdly-low-cap-on-h1b-visas-is-wildly-misguided/comment-page-1/#comment-31123 SorenB Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:04:47 +0000 http://blogs.jobdig.com/diggings/2008/04/23/absurdly-low-cap-on-h1b-visas-is-wildly-misguided/#comment-31123 Microsoft has been in the headlines than they could possibly want. In the news had been Microsoft's first layoffs in the companies’ history, and then a snafu with the severance cash advance packages they gave to laid off employees. Now Sen. Charles Grassley has said that Microsoft should lay off workers employed on H1-B visas first, which the company has flatly refused. The company said that they practice nothing but fairness in its hiring practices, and the same in layoffs. Accusations of racism have been flying after the request, and <a rev="vote-for" href="http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/03/10/ms-refuses-request-cut-foreign-workers/" rel="nofollow">Microsoft</a> maintains that it will continue to hire employees on a strictly merit base, and will not resort to discrimination in any way, shape or form. Microsoft has been in the headlines than they could possibly want. In the news had been Microsoft's first layoffs in the companies’ history, and then a snafu with the severance cash advance packages they gave to laid off employees. Now Sen. Charles Grassley has said that Microsoft should lay off workers employed on H1-B visas first, which the company has flatly refused. The company said that they practice nothing but fairness in its hiring practices, and the same in layoffs. Accusations of racism have been flying after the request, and Microsoft maintains that it will continue to hire employees on a strictly merit base, and will not resort to discrimination in any way, shape or form.

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