Why people on L visas are being saved and Americans are loosing their jobs?
Send all these people back home... Schlumberger has shown zero commitment with America...
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Sure, dump the expats in the US, but to be fair that will require dumping the Americans working overseas as well.
They took our jobs
https://youtu.be/FHNk0-7hW3U
Schlum is a french company. Any French national emoloyed by Schlum in USA on L1 visa not only getting the salary which is same as any American they are also getting their housing,travel, childcare, schooling, moving covered. So technically they are making x2 their salary if you add all the benefits for those French expats with children. Why would any company pay that much for someone who can be totally replaceable here in USA? Maybe this company cannot find employees with right skills in africa or asia. But in USA there are plenty of highly skilled American workers. Send French expats back.
"If SLB has no facility or operations in ones country of origin then what, out the door?".....This is how Chevron operates. If you are on an expat assignment in one country and CVX decides to close it operations in your country of origin you are at a greater risk for being let go.
Since America is part of the globe, will it also make SLB anti global? Or is America outside of the globe?
With your logic if SLB releases someone in UK, then SLB would become anti UK. If SLB does the same in France, then SLB would be anti France. In effect SLB would be anti global if SLB fires anyone! Do you see how silly your argument is?
@gokg We know SLB is a global service company just like baker and Halliburton. This is obvious that SLB is anti American and shows in their hiring and firing process.
SLB is a global company. The sooner you realize that the better you will feel!
It appears to me SLB is anti American and should be banned working in the US!
Typically hiring a foreign national on H1B/L1 costs more overall if you factor in the filing fees, attorney fees, administrative costs etc. I am talking about people with technical knowledge, especially in R&D. I have first hand experience with the costs involved from working in three different companies. So why do you think companies take all the trouble, spend more money and resources to get foreign nationals?
Report it as fraud to the USCIS. Temp work visas mean that there is no one in the states who qualifies to perform a job. If the company favors foreign visa workers over Americans isn't it a fraud?
SLB has had enough of subsidising the US oil and gas industry.
Maybe it is because they know L1 will not quit? In the end of the day they can only work for SLB or go back home.
Seems a lot safer to keep those than Americans that can leave the company at any time.
Looks like after 4 years of promises made by orange man, today he finally put his foot down on this visa abuse. Took him three years and a pandemic to actually do something. Maybe we start seeing a change?
It is not about being loyal to Americans. The playing field is not level if Americans in the US are disproportionately layed off while foreign nationals in the US are retained. SLB has made a fortune in th US during its history and should not forget the contribution of the US to its success.
You realize SLB is a global company, why would they be obligated to show "loyalty" to Americans? We are a small sliver of their pie.
Yet in Africa I've seen 100s of expats getting laid off. Many have even been fired and cannot leave their assignment country due to the lockdown restrictions.
There is indeed discrimination in SLB against American employees. As noted Americans working in the US seem to be more expendable during layoffs than foreign workers when the opposite should be the case. Also if you look at the top executives in SLB you will find very few Americans.
As soon as the rest of the US economy recovers they'll dump curbs on H1B and L1 visas. If they haven't offshored all Merukan jobs by then (except maybe drilling, logging, and support), everything will be H1B and L1. Why invest in employees that you have to pay a living wage to when the next downturn is right around the corner? Besides... why invest in Merukans anyway? I can get 4 IIT guys to do 5X the work for 30% what I pay Merukans. Don't know why they don't just offshore all tech/coding/R&D jobs...
If you have been watching news , new immigration restrictions is going to be signed in 1-2 days which L1 too
The time I spent in slb all over the US and abroad it’s not difficult to see the bias on US born workers. I sat in countless HR meetings over 25 years during cut backs and was instructed to hold or not release x% of minorities, and visa staff. It was always release the John Smith types 1st every time whether performance was a factor or not. Used to wholly piss me off. Made no sense. The past year really showed their true colors.
The short answer is that expats are a higher upfront investment for the company both in cost and time. If you need to lay some people off, you’re not going to lay-off the expat that you dropped tens of thousands of dollars on to move them and their family across the world to work at one of your U.S. facilities. You’re going to lay-off the American who cango home, file for unemployment and then go get a job somewhere else in 3-6 months. Besides, you can always theoretically hire some of the Americans back (if they’re willing to come back). The expats will likely go back home or to another country and get into another industry.
The answer is simple. Foreign companies operate in the US under foreign management (likely paying little to no US taxes). During my time in O&G I've never had an American manager. If foreign managers lay off foreign workers... maybe they're next? So why would they? Besides... Merukans are stupid and lazy, right? They want benefits and time off. When O&G comes back in Meruka it will be managed and staffed entirely by H1Bs and L1s, and the salaries... why pay people well in an industry with pretty much zero job security. Can you say "sweatshop?"
I'm here on a L visa for Schlumberger... I make far more more money than the average American... and many SLB American workers... I'm not cheap labor... Not from India either...
Why I'm still employed while my American colleagues are getting the boot is beyond me though... I'm not a parasite just because I wasn't born here at your land... I worked very hard to make it... Probably more than you... But if you ask me why I'm still employed, I can't answer that. The separation has to start on the company side though as they need to repatriate me and my family. I would completely understand if they decided to do so.