It looks line people that were let go were either US born or naturalized citizens.
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@q4 AI adoption is poor because it is high AI adoption and people are stupid.
The phrase AI adoption is also stupid. Learn what AI is made up of. Gen AI is not the way to fix Fiservs problems. Fiserv invent its own problems and the employees it hires are stupid and can never understand good use of AI and over hype it to he-l
AI adoption is very poor in the company. That juggernaut is coming at everyone at 300 miles per hour and here we are debating technical issues like H1B vs American workers. Yes, reform the heck of H1B, yes, hire Americans first, yes, change the culture. But if you are an average worker, the probability of losing job to AI is more than H1B. Sad but true.
BTW, H1Bs are not allowed to apply even for internal transfers. Fiserv is doing better here compared to Big Tech.
As per USCIS's Employment visa rules, employers 'vouch' that there is no equivalent American citizen available, hence they are sponsoring a foreign national for H1B visa.
But the reality is quite different. Just produce the facts related to Fiserv i.e. how many US citizens were laid off while Fiserv continuously sponsoring H1B visas and majorly Green Cards where they prove to US DOL with complete documentation that absolutely there is no citizen available for that position and ONLY that particular foreign national is the PERFECT fit that position to get the PERM clearance. How fake it can be these days..
Just provide the facts to USCIS and copy to Stephen Miller White House Deputy Chief of Staff for policy and Homeland Security, Copy to local DOL's authorities.
HR Schills will delete this message before it is read by others..
The US citizens who don't get laid off who can do anything useful run away quickly. So they always lay off the Americans before they can. If you don't believe me, look around.
@ca Reminds me of the person scamming the car insurance running a bike into a car on camera.
@gd Stop throwing cow sh-t every year in public, and we can have a gentleman's agreement on this.
Also, we haven't seen anyone posting about layoffs in EMEA or APAC. Were only Americans affected?
Outsourced talent has long thought that Silicon Valley talent moved to Pune at discount hourly rates. Fix Windows problems "cheaperfasterbetter" was the mantra (one word) and IT staff were all deadwood anyway. After all, servers are up, data center operating so why do we need highly paid American workers hanging around drinking coffee. (Oh, maybe keeping it all working IS their job). True some H1-B and Pune staff know their stuff (as can be true with American workers). I have worked with talented staff and consultants within and without Fiserv, Abbott Labs, IBM among others. But the hourly pay discrimination is blantantly unfair.
Yet to see anyone post that they know of a H1B that was let go. So all low performers were somehow only US citizens? H1B program was not meant to replace citizens with lower paid people but looks like that is exactly what it has turned out to be. They cannot hide behind “we don’t have local talent “ anymore. Someone should be able to look at what the layoff policies are in the tech industry
Even if visa holders are largely not the ones laid off, it's because of the visa process to begin with. Fiserv has to be very motivated in thinking your a high performer in order to go through the visa process to get you into the US. And usually the visas are for high performers in fiserv india. So if their performance continues in the US they wouldn't get laid off...
Not true. It is performance based. Low performance is visa and citizenship agnostic.
@bc this is exactly why the country is turning against H1Bs. Rather than be thankful for being allowed to work and earn in the US people like you think the locals are lazy. You are the reason for ICE. You are the reason for all the hate towards the H1B community.
I wish there was a way to check who all were laid off and if only US citizens were targeted.
@c3 This is VERY True but sad.. Even if you tell them how to use to those su-kers.. they bark back at you.. BTW.. H1 su-kers before you bark again like dirty dogs here.. I am not a privileged category, I followed the same path you did but Not as arrogant and nasty as you are, we had values 30 years ago.
I didn't notice a single current generation H1 su---r say a simple "Thank you" when someone opens a door for them.. they just pass thru..
One day a young lady, late 20's parked in 'Expectant mother's lot' in Alpharetta, I asked her are you Pregnant to park there.. She said 'yeah I think So' !!! So disgusting..
Don't post discriminating comments, I share the same demographics.. but the current generation has the worst ethics.. period.
Please ask HR to properly train those who hold H1B visas proper use of the toilet.
Per hour H1B cost half as much and there are young Americans who cannot do any form of real work. You need the H1B to keep everyone in line, even though young American won't do real work no matter the pressure. I guess there will be no choice!
Well yeah, they cost more.