Nothing at all wrong with putting foreign workers on a lesser footing. This is America, they are Indians. They should bloody well be grateful to even be let in the country, especially what with Disney and now IBM and others.
There is ZERO shortage of qualified American workers. It's a bunk chestnut always trotted out by companies looking for slave --, er, low wage IT workers to replace the Americans to whom they sadly have zero allegiance. Microsoft is chief among these companies. They are several other large IT concerns perpetually lobby to allow more and more foreigners to enter to take American jobs. Disney is but the latest scam in this vein. As an aside, I would have NOT trained my replacement. I would have walked out the door. I have for the last almost 10 years worked for non-profits to avoid this very thing. I'm in IT, but I love it and I don't want to risk my job to foreigners because the for-profits are always looking at ways to screw over people because the shareholders demand more and more money.
Hint: the second you go public is the second you lost control of your company. There is not enough money in the world to get me to go through that. I survived UUNET being eaten by WorldCom, subsequent buyout by MCI, buyout by Verizon Business, and then the next company I ended up with was also bought out by Verizon Business. I said screw it and went non-profit. I make less, but I'm not worried about losing my job to a foreigner who has no stake in my community and is only here for the dollars.
There is ZERO shortage of qualified American workers. It's a bunk chestnut always trotted out by companies looking for slave --, er, low wage IT workers to replace the Americans to whom they sadly have zero allegiance. Microsoft is chief among these companies. They are several other large IT concerns perpetually lobby to allow more and more foreigners to enter to take American jobs. Disney is but the latest scam in this vein. As an aside, I would have NOT trained my replacement. I would have walked out the door. I have for the last almost 10 years worked for non-profits to avoid this very thing. I'm in IT, but I love it and I don't want to risk my job to foreigners because the for-profits are always looking at ways to screw over people because the shareholders demand more and more money.
Hint: the second you go public is the second you lost control of your company. There is not enough money in the world to get me to go through that. I survived UUNET being eaten by WorldCom, subsequent buyout by MCI, buyout by Verizon Business, and then the next company I ended up with was also bought out by Verizon Business. I said screw it and went non-profit. I make less, but I'm not worried about losing my job to a foreigner who has no stake in my community and is only here for the dollars.