Interesting story about Disney layoffs in Jan.

[FryingPansWhoKnew]

The 65,000 H-1B visas allowed amount to 45/10,000 of total U.S. employment.

65k per fiscal year, but again this really isn't the point. I can tolerate the H1-B program when used as designed.

Worrying about those legal workers while completely ignoring the 18,000,000 illegals is truly noticing the speck in your eye while ignoring the log in your own.

Not the same of course. I will not be drawn off-subject into a sacred cow political debate.

The jobs were not offshored, they were outsourced.

You say this as if it matters. First, you tell me I should be mad at Congress, not Disney. Now you tell me the firing of people while forcing them to train their replacements I should applaud because at least the jobs weren't off-shored? I seem to have misplaced my enthusiasm.

Should you boycott Disneyland because Alweg (Sweden) built the Monorail and Von Roll (Switzerland) built Skyway?

I must have missed the part where all the American workers on the Monorail were fired only after they were forced to transfer their years of paid-for education and hard-earned experience to the inexperienced and undereducated Alweg.

 

[tarheelalum]

The 65,000 H-1B visas allowed amount to 45/10,000 of total U.S. employment. Worrying about those legal workers while completely ignoring the 18,000,000 illegals is truly noticing the speck in your eye while ignoring the log in your own.

The jobs were not offshored, they were outsourced.

Should you boycott Disneyland because Alweg (Sweden) built the Monorail and Von Roll (Switzerland) built Skyway?

I agree with your comments regarding illegal aliens here in the US. But I disagree with your 18 million total. I'd say its well over 20 million and most of them vote on a regular basis.

 

[FryingPansWhoKnew]

Sorry to rip this thread back open, but it seems like this is a developing story. Disney has apparently learned its lesson.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/us/in-turnabout-disney-cancels-tech-worker-layoffs.html?_r=0

 

[Comicbookmommy]

Sorry to rip this thread back open, but it seems like this is a developing story. Disney has apparently learned its lesson.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/us/in-turnabout-disney-cancels-tech-worker-layoffs.html?_r=0

Well that is good news! I am glad for those workers!

I wish Disney wasn't the type of company that would sacrifice people's livelihoods to save money. I am sure they will try to do this again.

 

[soma151]

This company makes enough to pay employees a good wage, i have 32 employees and i would never take a bonus check = to pay roll…We even pay day care because i care about my employees family. Dental, Medical, Vacation…Now if my company wasn't or stops making money all those things would have to stop. But so far so good.