Verizon Communications Inc., & All Its Subsidiaries & Affiliates has filed 85 labor condition applications for H1B visa and 333 labor certifications for green card from fiscal year 2013 to 2015. Verizon Communications, & All Its Subsidiaries & Affiliates was ranked 467 among all visa sponsors. (I'm sure this number is far larger during your career.) So, why are you hiring H1B visa holders when there are plenty of Americans out of work, and while you're laying off lots of people? Answer: You want that third vacation home. "And while the wireline labor force has gotten smaller as the business has shrunk," And how many layoffs have you announced during your tenure as CEO? In addition, how much did you increase salaries and wages to your union (and non-union) workforce? I bet that percent was tiny. But your pay is up nicely, isn't it? Answer: You want that third vacation home, so the questions won't be answered. "It’s those workers whose future we seek to safeguard" Have you enacted and enforced a no layoffs policy? If no, then this is a false statement. I wrote an article about the business case for a no-layoffs policy. It INCREASES profits. That's the facts.
5 replies (most recent on top)
Lowell doesn't answer the facts. He just has a PR person write him a piece that he can post on a mostly closed forum where all of the lower minions are expected to comment and say how wonderful he is.
because its cheaper. welcome to america.
Sadly to hear that. But nothing we can do. The whole country is sick because of these politicians and CEOs.
No it is not. It is inside baseball. I saw it at BR. An Asian or South Asian gets a job, alot of H1Bs are hired and alot of Americans pushed out the door. I watched one department in BR push out all of the Americans. The had then an 'optics' problem and had to hire a few causasian men because it was pretty blatant. This was in Finance. The same goes on in IT. There are MORE than enough Americans for these jobs, but once an H1B director gets in, "there goes the neighborhood" and out go all of the Americans. It should be criminal.
I think most big companies have HIB visa employees. It is not news. Also, as I know, overseas call centers have been already existed from two decades ago, like IBM. More and more companies use foreign call centers due to the cheap labor overseas. When you call some companies' customer serive you will know from the representative's accent. Verizon is not the first and won't be the last. It is the truth we are facing and we cannot change the trend one way or another.