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[–] ptolemai@lemmy.world 73 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Said with a straight face, to Google and Microsoft CEOs who are both from India

[–] atticus88th@lemmy.world 32 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I think I recently saw Microsoft put a request for 3x h4b visas more than the number of engineers they fired in the most recent firing wave.

Pretty sure it was rubber stamped.

[–] Guidy@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

They fire h1b folks too. I remember in 2014 when they fired several thousand people one guy from I dis was a new dad and suddenly he had no job and a deadline to find a new job that would “sponsor” him or else he and his family had to return to India. It was like 90 days or something. I still think about him sometimes and hope he’s ok.

[–] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 3 days ago

This is just Trump bullshitting. He's not rolling back H1B or anything.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 49 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Are these hordes of unemployed cheap tech people in the room with us?

[–] Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world 58 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Hordes of unemployed tech? Yes. Cheap? No. Good thing tech can afford to pay Americans.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Maybe let them remote work. Ppl will take pay cut for that.

[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 30 points 4 days ago (2 children)

We won’t and please do not speak for us. We will however keep the “remote” bit thanks very much

— Ppl

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 9 points 4 days ago

Yeah I agree rather not take any cut because productivity did not change. In fact having ultra wides at home vs 17" at work is godsend. Don't even get me started in the endless noise with open floor plan.

[–] bradboimler@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

I would take a paycut to work remotely

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

There are hordes of unemployed techies for sure. American companies have been outsourcing everything and laying off everyone left and right. Everyone feels like it's only a matter of time before they're sent off.

[–] Magister@lemmy.world 37 points 4 days ago (4 children)

In addition, Trump expressed dislike for the term "artificial intelligence" itself, saying he preferred a name that better shows the intelligence and power of the technology. “It’s not artificial, it’s genius,” he said.

So, like he wanted to rename Gulf of Mexico, now he will sign a decree forcing everyone to use GI (Genius Intelligence) instead of AI (or A1 if you ask his entourage)

[–] Renohren@lemmy.today 11 points 4 days ago

He's got a great GI tract! The best ever!

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 4 days ago

Just unimaginably fucking stupid

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

SGI (if you really can't figure it out, stable genius intelligence)

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

A1 Sauce will rule the world.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How does number go up when payroll is big?

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Actually that’s the “problem” isnt it. There’s a tax loophole for tech industry payroll that was recently closed up if I recall correctly.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Tech workers can't be written down as R&D anymore, and get a big tax cut on the wages. Immediately layoffs started. That's what I recall.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 days ago

That’s the one

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 days ago

And that was signed by Trump.

[–] thunder@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago

Most big tech and other Fortune 500 companies open offices or outsource their network ops to Asia already, so there is no need for visas. Good luck getting those jobs back. Source: I work in telecom.

[–] Guidy@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

lol they won’t. Also, enough folks from India are here in the NW that there are minority support groups that specifically exclude them because otherwise they get very little representation. I believe the phrase is “non-Asian minority”, or similar.

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Feels like they took a look at the lump of labor fallacy and said, "How could we structure the country so that jobs really are finite?"

[–] Vizzerdrix@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

This will just further the business model of "We offer AI, but actually it's just Indians" with big tech companies gladly looking past the AI not being really AI