What is wrong here? My son was laid off, given several months notice but he has to train his replacement who is Indian and works for a lot less pay. I thought out-sourcing was only done if the job knowledge was not available in the USA.
Schlumberger is breaking the law or at least stretching it a bit.
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Slb decided to employ Indians in the USA instead of Indians in India. That's what puzzling me the most. With Covid there won't be any need to be close to clients anymore, so...
Make sure to miss including step 1 in the cookbook, then the "trained" expert in India will have a hell of a time.
Sometimes the grammar, spelling & literacy leaves a little to be desired. This thread proves the point.
“If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”
Jim Rohn
Dear friend, call/email your senators/the White House. If you are from Texas, your senators are Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, Lizzie Fletcher is the congresswoman. Do not listen to the BS that people are saying here. This is your country! Voice your opinion!
The spelling of hiring is wrong lol
Hopefully your son isn’t too old and can easily adapt outside of O&G. If
He will be better in the long run. SLB and OFS in general has been on the decline for awhile. OFS companies are commoditized by operators. Wage growth has been stagnant for years and the company has been under different types “transformations” and reorganizations for 6+ years
This happens when for decades you keep voting for people telling you that corporate greed is good for everyone. That you don’t need regulations or anything else in the way of profits.
Technically it is illegal to use H1B to replace an employee, but the rules are designed to be circumvented easily and that’s how it happens.
There are plenty of Americans with STEM degrees, but they are also free to move around and to demand a higher pay. An Indian on H1B is an indentured servant owned by the company for a decade or so, who works for less money and can’t move freely between companies. Who is going to be more profitable? It’s just business, now you can tell your son to don’t be lazy, get off unemployment and to pull himself up by his own bootstraps.
Mexico lost Texas due to illegal immigration? This statement alone shows why a government controlled education system is a horrible idea. Mexico invited, and in many cases was paying, people from the U.S. and Europe to move to Texas so it could be cultivated for ranching and farming. They revolted after they figured out how bad the Mexican government was screwing them. It wasn't just the American immigrants, but also Mexican nationals that stood up to the Mexican Government. Y'all getting your History degree from a vending machine or something?
i agree, quality nowaday is just someti g repeat as long as customer and consumer accept it.
I think someone needs a dictionary. If you're born somewhere and don't move elsewhere, you're not an immigrant. Always ironic when it comes from a culture that f—ed 6 of the 7 continents for 400 years. Not even Austrailia or Canada are safe from wrong doing. Last time I was in Alberta, got to see locals treat tribe members just shy of mimicking 1880's South Dakota. Austrailian scholars used to k–l aborigines for their skulls, just to boil them down trying to find one that looked more ape like. Wait, no you're right. We're the only nation on the planet that is completely full of immigrants. Not like the Saxons and Normans took over England. Not as though the english and French took over North America and the Carribean. Maybe do some research before trying to act like anything more than a coward next time. Helpful hint, they conceal information like this in books. F—ing weird, right?
Actually... its he who 5hit5 the cheapest...
All jobs in the US that can be outsourced or replaced are being outsourced or replaced. Diversity is of course one issue, but it really feeds the public relations need to please all customers (and the general public) all of the time. At the root is the corporate focus on maximizing all profits ASAP and forever. Companies are no longer concerned about quality. They are concerned about delivering as much product as fast as possible - on or before deadlines. If that can be done, the next step is to reduce costs, which typically involves "right sizing" and outsourcing work. Ultimately, nobody even considers the employee as a person, or what they have done for the company for X number of years. The company simply tracks profit or performance generated by each employee vs salary, and lops off heads with no regard for education, skills, training, ability, quality, or loyalty. Then they hire cheap H1Bs, L1s, or outsource or ooffshore. It is quite amazing to see how many foreign O&G companies operate in the US while jettisoning Ammerikahn workers and saturating themselves with H1Bs and L1s. But, the Ammerikhan guv-ment loves this. Sooo many politicians have friends who want things to be this way. Its the same reason Ammerika doesn't manufacture anything anymore. Welcome to the new world of free trade and global economy. Remember, a 1urd is a 1urd, but the pay goes to the person who 5h1t5 the fastest.
Amen to that.
That's not true, Mexicans got plenty of injun blood too. Remember, Texas was Mexican but illegal immigrants invaded and took over by force.
Stop crying get a lawyer or go to work somewhere it's that simple...
You chuckleheads realize Schlumberger was founded in France right? You're offshore employees already.
Yes anyone can be trained anywhere. Today it is India, 10 years ago it was China, before Taiwan, before japan etc...
But we can’t expect people of a nation to take it with a smile. A lot of Indians are looking for a better life just like everyone else, they are taking skilled work that some Americans don’t want (not many white Americans in engineering) or are cheaper to take on visa and then become Americans too...their kids are Americans just like yours. That’s America.
Now, they just like any other social group have a tendency to gather and segregate because in the unknown the natural social behavior is to surround yourself with what you know and feel comfortable.
Now there is no reason, people of a nation should accept that because of world inequality. The relentless push from the left to convince Americans that it is their duty to accept everyone, or inappropriate to think otherwise increases the divide. Because it is b—s—. No one likes when someone takes away something from you. So yes there is inequality but when it is your mouth to feed well you are not going to say let me give up that job and career for you because I will find something else!
Now going back to energy the west and westerners should be careful and fight more the top spots otherwise the sector will fall in the hands of the Far East.
Yes people have abilities regardless of cultures or origin, but people are tribal and the split now is East and west and guess what both are fighting for the top.
Didn’t someone have to train your son when he first started working? It’s incredible that someone in India can be trained in a few months. Maybe there isn’t much content to train/knowledge to pass on. Maybe it’s just a handover, which gives the trainer a few extra months of employment while the writing is on the wall.
To your other point - no, it’s not illegal.
Diversity is more important. Welcome to the modern world