Everything went terribly wrong for the oil and gas industry in the past 2 years. Greedy OPEC, China economy, European crisis, and now a brexit. What is next?
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Wow. Must of touched a nerve. It's just an opinion, not a manifesto. I swiped this statement from another poster, it's there opinion, that I agree with:
H-1B is considered a "nonimmigrant" visa. H1-B holders are indentured to their employers, since their legal right to remain and work in the United States depends on their employment status. H-1B allows applicants with professional or specialized employment backgrounds to obtain employment in the U.S. for an initial three year period. Applicants can obtain a three year extension for a total stay of six years. After 6 years they can get a "7th year" extension every year if they are applying for a Green Card.
H-1B admits people haphazardly into the country, then fails to grant them full rights as potential citizens. The result is a vulnerable caste of workers laboring in the hope of getting green cards. They provide a vast pool of cheap young blood who replace higher priced US citizens.
H-1B employers must first obtain a Labor Condition Application on behalf of the applicant from Department of Labor before a visa is issued. There an estimated 650,000 people currently in the US with H1B visas.
Mikey3d you are some type of world class moron. I figure you were laid off (justifiably) in a group with a few guys with H1B visas. I also figure that you are the idiot who always posts about H1B visas on this (and other) boards. Visa legal costs are expensive. After legal costs are taken into account, H1B workers are more expensive and not less expensive relative to American workers. Furthermore, H1B workers are rare, except in technology. Few American's graduate with Ph.Ds., hence H1B workers are necessary in Tech. Furthermore, H1B and Green Card workers have the legal right to work in the US. I would hire a H1B worker any day over a moron like yourself.
Lack of qualified professionals
If we are talking about the catastrophic job market in O&G, my vote is H1b visas. It's a systemic problem in industry and academia. Don’t swallow the “there aren’t enough people with the right skill sets” argument. I know of many people with impressive credentials that are working jobs that they are way over qualified for. The current administrative class just want the cheaper labor who will never threaten their cushy positions.
Also stupid people like @I3pFQSw-2igy and @I3pFQSw-1kbq are the biggest threat.
God Bless America!
Green energy. This is the biggest threat for the next five years.
Yes I have to agree with 1onc. The OP's memory is questionable.
WAAAAWW forces outside of anyone's control is negatively affecting my life make it stop waaaaw.
This is what OP sounds like.
Ohh Great! So What team are you with?
Donald Trump.
TIME TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!
Greedy OPEC? I'm not a fan of OPEC, even in the slightest... However, let's not forget that it was the American Shale Producers that flooded the market with their oil. What's even worse was/is their arrogance, they demanded that OPEC cut production so that they could maintain theirs.