Tuesday, December 18, 2007

NFAP's Stuart Anderson's dishonest use of H-1b statistics

According to a December 16, 2007 article in The Hindu Business Line, NFAP Executive Director Stuart Anderson has released a "study" titled "The impact of high-skill immigration restrictions on America." A key finding of his "study" is that "The 10 most cited outsourcing firms of:

  • Wipro,
  • Infosys,
  • TCS,
  • Satyam Computer Services,
  • Patni Computer Systems,
  • Cognizant Tech Solutions US,
  • HCL America,
  • Deloitte and Touche LLP,
  • Accenture, and
  • MphasiS

used "only" 14% of the total H-1b visas in 2006.

Anderson then makes the absurd leap to conclude that "The “vast majority of H-1B visas go to US high-tech companies, financial institutions, and US Universities.”

Anderson reaches these conclusions because he is paid by Industry to lobby to increase the flood of H-1b workers. Although he shows a total disregard for his fellow American citizens, he frets over the welfare of Indian companies. "“Any new restriction on high-skill immigration will hurt the US industry, as much as Indian firms."

In May 2007BusinessWeek published a list of the Top 200 H-1b users.

This list reveals that there are many other outsourcing firms that are not in the top 10, pushing the use of H-1b by outsourcing firms well about the 14% represented by NFAP, for example:

RankEmployerH1-B Visa Count
1INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES 4,908
2WIPRO 4,002
3MICROSOFT3,117
4TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES3,046
5SATYAM COMPUTER SERVICES2,880
6COGNIZANT TECH SOLUTIONS U.S.2,226
7PATNI COMPUTER SYSTEMS1,391
8IBM1,130
9ORACLE1,022
10LARSEN & TOUBRO INFOTECH947
11HCL AMERICA910
12DELOITTE & TOUCHE890
13CISCO SYSTEMS 828
14INTEL828
15I-FLEX SOLUTIONS817
16ERNST & YOUNG774
17TECH MAHINDRA AMERICAS770
18MOTOROLA760
19MPHASIS751
20DELOITTE CONSULTING665
21LANCESOFT645
22NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS642
23ACCENTURE637
24JPMORGAN CHASE632
25POLARIS SOFTWARE LAB INDIA611
26COVANSYS611
27PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS591
28QUALCOMM533
29GOLDMAN SACHS529
30KPMG476
31MARLABS475
32UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN437
33UNIV. OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO434
34UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA432
35THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY432
36SYNTEL CONSULTING416
37CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS413
38BEARINGPOINT413
39UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND404
40KEANE386
41HTC GLOBAL SERVICES382
42IGATE MASTECH378
43HEXAWARE TECHNOLOGIES362
44CAPITAL ONE SERVICES362
45COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY355
46LEHMAN BROTHERS352
47YAHOO!347
48U.S. TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES339
49INTELLIGROUP336
50HEWLETT-PACKARD333
51RAPIDIGM330
52MERRILL LYNCH329
53GOOGLE328
54CITIBANK322
55DIS NATIONAL INSTS OF HEALTH DHHS322
56YALE UNIVERSITY316
57NOKIA314
58TEXAS INSTRUMENTS313
59CAPGEMINI309
60HARVARD UNIVERSITY308
61EMC305
62SUN MICROSYSTEMS303
63RITE AID301
64BLOOMBERG298
65GENERAL ELECTRIC292
66AMGEN289
67McKINSEY U.S.286
68MORGAN STANLEY285
69STANFORD UNIVERSITY279
70WASHINGTON UNIV. IN ST. LOUIS278
71VERIZON DATA SERVICES276
72NYC-HHC HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER276
73UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH275
74INDIANA UNIVERSITY273
75OHIO STATE271
76EVEREST CONSULTING GROUP269
77UNIV. OF MINNESOTA269
78AMTEX SYSTEMS268
79UNIV. OF WISCONSIN AT MADISON268
80SUNY-STONY BROOK262
81AMAZON GLOBAL RESOURCES262
82CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION256
83DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT255
84UNIV. OF CALIF. AT DAVIS254
85NORTHWESTERN251
86SYNTEL250
87UNIV. OF MISSOURI AT COLUMBIA247
88GLOBALCYNEX247
89KANBAY246
90AMERICAN SOLUTIONS242
91UNIV. OF FLORIDA INTL. CENTER240
92UCLA239
93DUKE UNIV. MEDICAL CENTER238
94MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER236
95BANK OF AMERICA236
96SOFTWARE RESEARCH GROUP234
97BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE234
98MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL232
99CIBER232
100VERINON TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS230
101EVEREST BUSINESS SOLUTIONS226
102VOLT TECHNICAL RESOURCES224
103OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY223
104COMPUNNEL SOFTWARE GROUP222
105U.S. TECH SOLUTIONS221
106SYMANTEC220
107JSMN INTERNATIONAL218
108UBS216
109CVS PHARMACY213
110THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY213
111UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON213
112NORTEL NETWORKS212
113UNIV. OF CALIF. AT SAN FRANCISCO211
114UNIVERSITY OF MASS. MEDICAL SCHOOL210
115SPRINT/UNITED MANAGEMENT209
116HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT209
117PURDUE208
118GLOBAL CONSULTANTS207
119EMORY UNIVERSITY207
120UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER207
121UNIV. OF COLORADO207
122VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY205
123OBJECTWIN TECHNOLOGY205
124DIASPARK204
125HSBC BANK USA203
126EBUSINESS APPLICATION SOLUTIONS203
127BROADCOM203
128PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY (MD.) PUBLIC SCHS203
129MICRON TECHNOLOGY202
130COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS198
131TEXAS A&M198
132APPLIED MATERIALS195
133SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY194
134UNIVERSITY OF IOWA194
135IBM GLOBAL SVCS. INDIA194
136DELOITTE TAX194
137CUMMINS193
138ITECH U.S.191
139COMPUWARE189
140INTL. STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS OFFICE186
141UNIV. OF CALIF. AT SAN DIEGO185
142WALGREEN'S184
143HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE184
144USC183
145VISION SYSTEMS GROUP182
146T MOBILE USA180
147MULTIVISION178
148ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS177
149MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY175
150CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY174
151CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV.173
152UNC AT CHAPEL HILL173
153UNIV. OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM172
154DEUTSCHE BANK170
155CATERPILLAR170
156HALLMARK GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES169
157CYBERTHINK169
158CORPORATE COMPUTER SERVICES167
159ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES167
160MEGASOFT CONSULTANTS166
161ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS165
162FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR163
163UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER163
164FIRST TEK TECHNOLOGIES161
165MICHIGAN STATE161
166RESEARCH FDN OF THE STATE UNIV OF160
167COMSYS SERVICES160
168VIRGINIA TECH160
169JUNIPER NETWORKS160
170UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA158
171IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY157
172UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA157
173FEDEX CORPORATE SERVICES157
174CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON156
175BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB156
176VERIZON SERVICES156
177EBAY155
178AJILON CONSULTING154
179GENERAL MOTORS153
180CAMO TECHNOLOGIES152
181MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR151
182CMC AMERICAS150
183UT M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER149
184NVIDIA149
185AT&T SERVICES147
186WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL146
187AXIOM SYSTEMS146
188WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY146
189MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER146
190NORTH CAROLINA STATE146
191GENENTECH146
192MAKRO TECHNOLOGIES145
193SVAM INTERNATIONAL144
194MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER143
195NUTECH INFORMATION SYSTEMS143
196XPEDITE TECHNOLOGIES143
197AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING143
198LOUISIANA STATE142
199FANNIE MAE141
200MINDTREE CONSULTING/TD>141

Monday, December 10, 2007

Gary Scholten, CIO at Principal Financial Group Inc., pays H-1b programmers $43,000 while lobbying for more

As reported in ComputerWorld: "National tech policy battle plays out in Iowa as caucus nears":
"Gary Scholten, a senior vice president and CIO at Principal Financial Group in Des Moines, . . . related his IT workforce concerns directly to three Democratic candidates: New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and Sens. Barack Obama and Christopher Dodd."

Among Gary's concerns is that the U.S. is not flooding in a sufficient number of H-1b workers, causing them to have to hire from the local community college, and to set up IT operations in Pune, India.

So what DIDN'T Gary tell the candidates?

Principal Financial Group Headquarters are at: 711 High Street / Des Moines, IA 50392-0001 USA. That is the same address as the LCAs for Principal Life Insurance Company. These LCAs reveal H-1B applications filed by Principal Life Insurance Company:

Approved H-1B applications: 110 Total jobs: 168

Principal's H-1b usage includes many software development positions paying between $43k - $50k.

Gary likely didn't mention that many of these H-1b come through training programs, in the USA, that are closed to American Citizens, for example, through Premier IT Solutions Inc - which cites "Principal Financial Group" among their top clients.

Gary also likely didn't mention that many of the "HELP WANTED" on their website are PERM FAKE JOB ADS, like THIS ONE - run solely to obtain green cards for their dozens of H-1b programmers:

Job Title: IT Application Analyst-(PeopleSoft)
Job ID: 208545
Location: IA - Des Moines

B.S. in computer science, information systems, engineering or related field (or foreign equivalent) plus 5 years experience in the job offered or in a related occupation such as Programmer Analyst or similar duties under a different job title. Experience to include ERP applications (PeopleSoft, Financial Suite, or HRMS suite), PeopleTools, and RDBMS.

THE PROBLEM IS APPARENT: Search for "IT" in Principal Financial Group's job openings. You'll find either positions for new graduates, or positions that require 3-6 years of experience in specific languages and applications. There are NO OPENINGS for Americans with BS degrees and several years of experience, but need the same "on the job training" that is extended to new graduates to get them up to speed.

And as long as employers can flood in H-1b programmers at $43,000, the market forces that would make that happen do not exist.

Shouldn't Presidential candidates get the full story?