Google goes to India (Hell, I'd become a H1B for this slacking off too!!!)

Deja Q

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Fri Oct-26-07 11:29 AM
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Google goes to India (Hell, I'd become a H1B for this slacking off too!!!)

Edited on Fri Oct-26-07 11:31 AM by HypnoToad

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0710/gallery.Google_india.fortune/index.html?globalforum=1

(Just in case people think the Indians are being exploited... more proof -- they're not.)

Google employees in Hyderabad have their own team, which competes against other tech companies.

Wow. Most American companies have their workers (those they haven't ditched) sit in cubes all day and get obese.

Wow, look at her being exploited. And, no, that thing in her middle isn't a wiener.

Uh-oh. Is the chap on the left a terrorist? And why aren't they working?

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meegbear

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Fri Oct-26-07 11:33 AM
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1. I'm more concerned about them taking my tech job away from me ...

a lot more than if "Indians are being exploited".

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Deja Q

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Fri Oct-26-07 11:35 AM
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2. Ditto, but a lot of people think Indians are being exploited by cruel corporations.

Edited on Fri Oct-26-07 11:36 AM by HypnoToad

And given the huge #s of H1Bs, their claims have no weight at all.

BTW: They take nobody's job. Like Carly said, no American has a god-given right to a job. And until she and others like her level the cost of living in the US to match the cost of living in India, only one thing will continue: Offshoring. That's why those "low-paying" jobs they get allow them to build a middle class and prosper.

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meegbear

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Fri Oct-26-07 11:36 AM
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3. That's super! I'll think about it if I ever lose my home.

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Deja Q

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Fri Oct-26-07 11:37 AM
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4. I'm in the same boat as you.

My point is just on a different track.

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meegbear

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Fri Oct-26-07 11:56 AM
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5. No I mean I'll think about them having my job when it get outsourced

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sandnsea

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Fri Oct-26-07 11:57 AM
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6. Those aren't the people anyone is talking about

The people trapped in this garment factory are who we're concerned about. One good company doesn't make up for all the bad ones.

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fasttense

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Fri Oct-26-07 12:07 PM
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7. So why do 27.8% of the Indian population

live off of less than $1/day?

Why are 45.9% of the children under 3 years old considered underweight?

I guess because Indian workers are just doing so well. That boat in the proverbial rising tide seems to be taking only rich passengers.

http://www.wadanatodo.net/reports/2007/IndiaChecklist_MDGs%5B1%5D.2007.pdf

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