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June 22, 2007
Weekend Watching III
This isn't an amusing clip, but it's an interesting one. And I'll bet it gets some strong reactions. Here's a summary from Computerworld:
In the video, a person identified as Lawrence Lebowitz, an attorney at Cohen & Grigsby, explains a method that can be used for hiring foreign workers under the U.S. government's Program Electronic Review Management process. PERM stipulates requirements for placing help wanted ads to fill job vacancies, with the intent of either hiring U.S. workers or showing that no qualified Americans are available.
Here's the clip at YouTube.
Don't rely on the subtitles. Listen carefully to what's said, instead. (The one in this image is misleading, IMO.)
I found the generally outraged comments at YouTube pretty interesting. "How can they do that?" summarizes many of them. Here's a clue: when the rate for native contract engineers is roughly three times the rate for non-native contract engineers, then there's a lot of incentive to take advantage of that difference.
If it were your business, would you hire a legal firm to help you do that? Probably - and particularly so if you were responsible to shareholders. Is there any shortage of lawyers to explain the law to you? Of course not: that's a lawyer's business.
Globalization is a two-edged sword. It not only gets you Starbucks in Thailand, it also gets you people in Bangalore managing your databases and your database applications. But I think the guys at Cafe Hayek have it right: overall, globalization works to everyone's benefit, even if some individuals have to make painful changes.
Posted by joke du jour at June 22, 2007 06:01 PM
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