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I now better understand how perfectly good people become subject to xenophobia n racism.... It can be very difficult/confusing to deal with those emotions in this recession... If any one Americans are have been priviledged inthe experience of facing adversity and rising from dificulties....
The most important is for you to get back on your feets and take action. Positive action.

skane of CA 11:23AM March 06, 2010

GEt yourselves together.
The problem comes from:
A-American managers wanting to hire H1B applicants
because
B-CHeaper, same or better performance, dedicated and ready to sacrifice much more to achieve the bottom line.
Fact is trully valuable professional adapt to the new standards brougt in by globalization- The same globalization that allow US companies to be more competitive/profitable while using cheap labor.
Please be honest to yourself - stop blaming the H1B visas holders - They raised the bar? be up to the challenge. As HBR suggested 2 years ago "America is facing a crisis of creativity" - You need to stay ahead to remain in the game- "Up or out" just like in the consulting industry..... Starting point is for you to be honest to yourself (n take action.... go to school if needed).
The world has changed , once again....

SKane of CA 11:08AM March 06, 2010

I agree and there goes America! The H1B Visa person does not want to hire u.s. americans. And they are many times more to discriminate. It's easier for a H1B Visa to get and keep employment than it is for generation[s] born us citizens.
And if the H1B Visa person is a public figure -- it gives a pass for the whole country to get housing and jobs. And we know that the opposite is not true -- we can't go to these non-american countries and get housing and jobs.

Carol of DE 8:14AM November 09, 2009

I think that the career opportunities in pharmacy are highly over rated! The pharmacist job market is rapidly saturating in large metropolitan areas, as the schools pour out graduates. Most real opportunities are in chain retail pharmacies, where the work is intense, but monotonous and very stressful with terrible hours. Most chains will deny this, but they have prescription quotas, and pharmacists must work hard to meet them. The stores call the shots, not the pharmacist. In fact, pharmacy is one of the few major professions which does not have a trade association fighting for quality of work environment. Ask pharmacists who have been in the field for a few years if they would recommend this job for the 6 years of college involved. You would be surprised! The"new" roles for the pharmacist have yet to evolve, and there is no guarantee that they will. The aging population will have little effect in the demand for the profession, considering the sophisticated technology developing and the use of cheap technical assistants who can reduce the need for professional information staff.
I feel that the shortage was largely composed by the lucrative pharmacy schools in conjunction with the chain drug stores which will have ready access to the new graduates-indeed many chain retail pharmacists after they pay off their debt look to new, but less lucrative, opportunities in other fields. By the way, most pharmacy school faculty members would be clueless after working a few days in a busy chain retail pharmacy!!

Ed RPH of PA 2:08PM October 22, 2009

Hey, I lost my job three times to incompetent H1b visa holders.... they all have green cards now.... and the CEO is a multi-millionaire, working on DoD contracts that do nothing but put money in his pocket. the Darpa Sbir program is nothing more than a vacuum for taxpayer's money into the pockets of well-connected foreigners who come to the US not for freedom but to extract money into their pockets.
he only hires people who speak Russian... if you catch my drift. and they make 50% of the going rate for PhDs, while he pays himself $20K per month. If there is one company like this, there are tens of thousands.
so YES!!! we need immigration and off-shoring managers and lawyers.... oh yes...

Lindy of FL 1:03PM October 02, 2009

And yet in every disaster that was seen as inadequately handled..who was blamed but those charged with managing. Yes we do need excellent planners with foresight and new ideas, keeping pace with today and tomorrows needs and visions, and better at communication. And a public with common sense. If the top is in disarray or inadequately prepared , the people hands on can't be effective enough to complete their mission.

bette of PA 1:02PM September 25, 2009

RE More managers. Go read Dilbert or User Friendly. Nuff said.

Ben of NY 11:25PM September 15, 2009

they want me to be a terrorist?
OR counter terrorist??

cho of IL 12:59PM September 14, 2009

More Managers?!?!
That's the LAST thing we need around here.
Incompetent and bumbling Managers. Ruining everything they touch.
Unlike Midas whose touch turned everything to Gold, the touch of the Manager often results in disaster, or some other f-up that they blame on the nearest Technician.
We need more qualified and competent Technicians, not more useless Straw Boss Managers.
What a dull and boring idea. More Managers.
Indeed.

Dave H. of NC 10:37AM April 02, 2009

Kim, if you ever see this, write to me! I'd love to correspond with you, you troublemaker. Write to me at erikDOTjayATcaDOTrrDOTcom. Thanks ... a lot of good comments here on "alot." Ouch!

erik jay of CA 11:43PM February 24, 2009