H-1B: Outsourcing giant games visa system to discriminate against non-South Asians in hiring, lawsuit claims

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The firm applies for and receives many more H-1B visas than it needs, gaming the lottery-based system to snatch up as many of the hard-to-obtain visas as possible, according to the lawsuit by Gregory Handloser, a salesman who alleges HCL denied him employment five times because it favors Indians and other South Asians.

“For example, HCL is consistently one of the top-10 H-1B visa recipients in the U.S., and from 2015 to 2017, HCL received 10,432 new H-1B visas and 310 L-1 visas, far more positions than could actually exist given that HCL only employs approximately 12,000 individuals in the United States.

“All, or substantially all, of the individuals for whom HCL secures visas are South Asian.

I heard Google has HCL

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  • Oracle / Mgmt mlabc
    Should ban all the outsourcing companies - TCS, HCL, INFOSYS, CTS , for h1b and also stop the green card manager route for L1 visas
    Mar 10 2
    • Barclays PLC / Product ManUnited
      You missed Capgemini!
      Mar 10
    • Anthem bonog
      Wipro 😃
      Mar 10
  • CenturyLink OsOpOrAaT
    They make life hard for everyone. Should ban them for like 10 years. All deserving candidates would get H1B rather than those idiot bums in those companies.
    Mar 10 6
    • CenturyLink OsOpOrAaT
      No. But that should teach them a good lesson about morals and ethics and why not to milk a system for self benefit.
      Mar 10
    • CenturyLink OsOpOrAaT
      And within that 10 year period govt should make necessary changes to fix the loopholes.
      Mar 10
    • Anthem bonog
      They can even fix it now, it’s just the companies who outsource for cheap rates are the bigger problem here and these consulting firms are making use of those.
      Mar 10
    • Oracle / Mgmt mlabc
      First should be rejection for all the non deserving individuals from these companies then the rules can be fixed ... I see many of my deserving colleagues and friends not getting h1b after their PhD research .... have a long wait if green cards , whereas people show fake manager profiles get h1b and green card on l1
      Mar 10
    • CenturyLink OsOpOrAaT
      Exactly my point!! Those people faking it and snatching the chance away from deserving people should be kicked out.
      Mar 10
  • Amazon blind_786
    Visa is multi layer system in which corporate America plays a part as well. Ban H1 B completely if USA is bitten by Patriotism bug and see how it works, blaming/banning outsourcing companies won't solve the problem completely.
    Mar 10 4
    • Oracle tamatar
      Bring the salaries up to par with even 50% of FANG TCs and see what happens with those contracts. It's about cheaper workers who can be pushed to work harder. Nothing to do with patriotism, just bonuses and bottom lines.
      Mar 10
    • Amazon / Eng Yolo!
      Actually may not be at par, but the billing rate can be quite high. But I get your point, through various layers eventually what the employee gets in hand may be close to minimum wage on H1B. It’s cheaper from employee perspective but not from the company outsourcing the job.
      Mar 10
    • Oracle tamatar
      H1B also get employed directly, don't they? How many get stuck with bad jobs and can't leave, thus vulnerable to exploitation. Do you think management isn't aware of these cases?
      Mar 10
    • Amazon / Eng Yolo!
      Yeah they do, and many are exploited because they don’t know better or are subpar engineers who can’t get a job elsewhere. I’ve heard of few talks of management saying make them work they are on a visa from friends at other companies. You can still leave when on H1B, the problem is many can’t clear interviews and are stuck at the same place
      Mar 10
  • Oracle tamatar
    They prefer hire people who could be pushed harder and cannot walkout. Those who turn a blind eye and let people get exploited to deliver more to them for cheap, are equally complicit. It's a business strategy for many companies, that contract these companies, and that is where the fingers should point too.
    Mar 10 0
  • I believe these companies lobby a lot behind the scenes , and hence they exist and thrive. Collusion !
    Mar 10 4
    • Oracle tamatar
      With whom is the more important question.
      Mar 10
    • These companies with USCIS / DHS
      Mar 10
    • Oracle tamatar
      And who employs them?
      Exploiting H1Bs/L1s or exploiting illegals, similar arguments are used - "not enough Americans to do these jobs".
      Mar 10
    • Who employs who ?
      Mar 10
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    EMVH32

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     EMVH32more
    This company sounds just as bad as People Tech, a government contractor that violated federal employment law.

    https://qz.com/india/1390239/h-1b-visa-abuse-people-tech-group-guilty-of-underpaying-employees/
    Mar 10 0
  • Microsoft
    vdasher

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     vdashermore
    So a guy applies for a job, someone tells him ethnicity played a part in the hiring decision & he sues.... Wow, this just doesn't happen anywhere else in the world now, does it? Why's this news?
    Mar 10 0
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    vdasher

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     vdashermore
    I can write better code, I have an MS, may be PhD & so I deserve that green card. How dare those low paid, second class fellow countrymen, bad code monkeys take them H1Bs & GCs!!
    Mar 10 1
    • CenturyLink OsOpOrAaT
      Exactly! This is not a social service. You need to be deserving for an H1B. Read what it stands for.
      Mar 11

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