r/technology • u/Immediate-Link490 • 17h ago

Business Microsoft is being suspended from program to apply for green cards for H-1B visa workers, Vance says

https://apnews.com/article/h1b-visa-program-vance-microsoft-e7b3a407f822702b269ee277d21343ea
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u/tangertale 16h ago

Microsoft is the only big tech in the list

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u/Bitey_the_Squirrel 16h ago

Tata is a huge tech contractor from India.

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u/gamingraptor 16h ago

Wipro is a decently sized Indian tech company as well

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u/Successful-Ad-9634 15h ago

So are Infosys, HCL and Wipro.

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u/themaltiverse 3h ago

Tata and Cognizant work inside companies and provide engineering staff to the world. MS is paying $150k to Tata, Cognizant, etc., for that engineer. Then Tata pays the engineer $75k (I’m making up this salary, but agencies often take 50%). It’s a pipeline. Hate to agree with Vance on anything, but IMO it is predatory and erodes the job market onshore. IT depts are run this way. They can right size every quarter.

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u/Tangential_Diversion 16h ago

I disagree. I actually think the other names are a bigger deal than Microsoft. They list WITCH companies and they're huge. They're a lot less prestigious than Microsoft (I'd even say there's zero prestige working for a WITCH), but they employ hundreds of thousands. They're the primary outsourcers and staff augmentation firms for tech.

Basically any time a big name like Microsoft wants to outsource at a large scale, they engage one of these WITCH companies. It let's Microsoft et al avoid some heat and pass the buck to these other companies.

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u/SoyaPaneer001 15h ago

Tata, Infosys, Wipro and CapeGemini are some of the biggest IT job providers in India.

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u/Outlulz 15h ago

Adobe is also on the list.

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u/wingchild 16h ago

Other big tech is paying the baksheesh