Countries that are reducing numbers of immigrant workers
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Re: Countries that are reducing numbers of immigrant workers
#2Nationalistic tribalism, such as we're seeing now, usually comes and goes as a cycle.
My hypothesis: Increasing automation puts pressure on the job market, leading to such sentiment. We're seeing this effect, the world over. And India being the largest low-cost English-speaking tech-center will feel this effect the largest.
I guess the silver lining is that this will stop the brain-brain from India, hopefully leading to a more stronger local tech and other industries.
Re: Countries that are reducing numbers of immigrant workers
#3Nationalistic tribalism, such as we're seeing now, usually comes and goes as a cycle. My hypothesis: Increasing automation puts pressure on the job market, leading to such sentiment. We're seeing this effect, the world over. And India being the largest low-cost English-speaking tech-center will feel this effect the largest. I guess the silver lining is that this will stop the brain-brain from India, hopefully leading…
I wouldn't say it's all down to populism and tribalism. The company I worked for in the UK laid off over 1000 local IT staff and replaced them with people on Tier 2 visas from Tata Consultancy Services and Tech Mahindra who were willing to work for significantly less than our salaries.
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#4Being an Indian engineer myself the funniest part is that regardless of your branch/stream almost every person in my college got an IT job (your branch is decided by the entrance test).
We had a saying about TCS in our college "trespassers will be recruited". And they asked chemical engineering and GK questions during the placement tests. It was so weird when I think about it now.
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#5People recognize Indian engineers (competent or not, racism or no) as the weapons of wage suppression.
Re: Countries that are reducing numbers of immigrant workers
#6Nationalistic tribalism, such as we're seeing now, usually comes and goes as a cycle. My hypothesis: Increasing automation puts pressure on the job market, leading to such sentiment. We're seeing this effect, the world over. And India being the largest low-cost English-speaking tech-center will feel this effect the largest. I guess the silver lining is that this will stop the brain-brain from India, hopefully leading…
I wouldn't say it's all down to populism and tribalism. The company I worked for in the UK laid off over 1000 local IT staff and replaced them with people on Tier 2 visas from Tata Consultancy Services and Tech Mahindra who were willing to work for significantly less than our salaries.
Agreed that the replacement happens.
I'm saying "give jobs to locals than outsiders" is tribalism. (Not saying if it's right or wrong -- just that it's by definition tribalism).
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#7While many Indians seeking employment abroad are impacted a lot by these changes, I don't think the sentiment behind these changes has much to do with Indian people per se. There's a global backlash against too much immigration in general. Indians are just caught in the mix.
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#8Being an Indian engineer myself the funniest part is that regardless of your branch/stream almost every person in my college got an IT job (your branch is decided by the entrance test). We had a saying about TCS in our college "trespassers will be recruited". And they asked chemical engineering and GK questions during the placement tests. It was so weird when I think about it now.
What are examples are branch/stream? Are they just different engineering majors like Civil, Chemical, Mechanical?
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#9All these returning engineers might be a great opportunity for India.
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#10I hope the India govt moves fast now. The should take this opportunity to improve local infrastructure and put in reforms for a domestic software economy. The TCS, Infosys & Wipro helped kickstart the software revolution in India but they need to take this to a better conclusion than it is now. We need product based companies in India and we need a strong local domestic market. It needs to retain it's talent at home. Any Indians want to chime in on whether this is likely? I hear great things about Modi.