I don't have time to read all of the ridiculous posts here since I have been gone from the scene for a few years but I still can't figure out why no one points out the obvious. I went through 16 rounds of layoffs here and finally just left for greener pastures since I saw the huge shift from what this company used to be transform into what it is now. No one has mentioned why or how none of the Indian employees have ever been cut. Ever. In 16 years. I know it is due to the H1B visas and the process, but that doesn't seem a little unfair to anyone else. Yeah yeah you will all say life isn't fair and I'm being a racist. I assure you I am not racist I am pointing out a fact. But the truth is, they cut people with skills who have been in the industry for a long enough time to demand to be paid what they are worth, so that they can hire kids right out of college who will do the job for a quarter of what they should be getting paid. Meanwhile they do not lay off any of those on a visa. Even if those people don't do a good job. And everyone knows it. My Indian friends joke about being protected there and how they don't even have to do any work because they are untouchable.
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I only wish half what you said is true.. I am a GUI developer on H1B and was so close to getting my Permanent residency but got RIFed.. I had always got a 2 or 1 in my rating... This s—s..
NetApp leadership and management at all levels are majority Indian and white men. What diversity and inclusion? You only seen a diverse group of worker bees or office pets but not in management.
This is absolutely baseless and no facts have been pointed.
I have been through around 5 layoffs at NetApp and I have seen Indians with H1b visas being let go. I don't think so there is any bias here. Management has more important criteria to choose whom to layoff.
I am an Indian and on H1-B and I was laid off. And in the call with LHH the firmed they have a contract with to help with placements, I saw few other Indians too but not from my team.
There's plenty of smart skilled 'indian' employees. Including GK, But yes the state of IT is source to india. Its been like this since 'outsourcing' was a thing.
Well not 100% true . H1b visa worker team member was cut last week; he has a limited time to find a job here in U.s ( per visa), if not he has to leave the u.s.
This is 100% true, but actually not officially sanctioned by NetApp's HR department. The official line is that an employee's immigration status should not effect the decision on whether to RIF them. But then again, at the VP level, they absolutely do care because it impacts the employee's family.
The H1B visas are a lottery and companies only receive so many. If they lay someone off who is here on visa the company forfeits that visa and they have to go through the lottery again and they may not secure one. The Indian workers at NetApp are very highly paid, they aren't the low paid employees. I have no clue why this hasn't been pointed out before.
Interesting.
Maybe they are cheap enough that they don't care.
Maybe laying one off has an effect on getting another H1B.
Inquiring minds want to know, "why?".