Re: Oracle and Non-Green Card Indians

From: Avinash Patil <patil_at_ganak.tay.dec.com>
Date: 22 Dec 1994 21:14:11 GMT
Message-ID: <3dcq73$f8r_at_nntpd.lkg.dec.com>


In article <smithD15KrB.J0p_at_netcom.com>, smith_at_netcom.com ( David Smith at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo) writes:

|>Boy, Hank, you're a sharpie. You smoked me out. That standard joke really
|>did the trick. I should have recognized that from all the times I watch
|>Leno and Letterman. Yes, I am a non-Green card Indian. My real name is
|>Sanji Gupta. I was brought here after my post-graduate work in India to
|>work for Oracle in Worldwide Technical Support. I was fired after 3 months
|>for suggesting that we non-citizen Indians be paid what the citizens were

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|>making. I was told that if they had to pay me what they paid the citizens,
|>they never would have brought me over in the first place. I am glad I am
|>out now, but do still hold a grudge that they think they can treat their
|>H1 Indian employees in a sub-standard manner. I was not impressed with the
|>management there, and feel that they are the types who need cheap foreign
|>labor in order to cover up their ineptness.

How is this possible?

I believe that H1 visa rules clearly spell out that the temporary non-citizen, non-green-card-holder worker MUST be paid same prevailing wages as citizen/resident worker. In fact the American company (eg Oracle) must provide substantial documentation to the US Immigration and Labor department fulfilling this condition. If a US company is not following the rules for H1 visa then it is subject to fines/penalties under the law. Received on Thu Dec 22 1994 - 22:14:11 CET

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