FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Bill Gates Lies to Congress about Microsoft's H-1B Wages
Contact:
Mr. Kim Berry - President of
www.programmersguild.org
 SACRAMENTO March 19, 2006 - Bill Gates lied to
the U.S. Congress last week. He misrepresented that
Microsoft’s H-1b jobs for new graduates with no experience “start
at about $100,000 per year.” In fact in FY 2006 only
12.4% of
Microsoft’s LCAs for H-1bs paid $100k or more, and these were for
directors, managers, and legal counsel rather than for new
graduates.
Bill is gambling
that Congress will not bother to take 5 minutes and check the facts.
It’s probably a safe gamble.
The
current H-1B cap is 85,000 per year – arguably exceeding the rate of
job creation. What limit does Bill Gates call for?
He wants to flood in an
unlimited number of
H-1B workers:
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5687039.html (Could we at
least compromise and cap it at one million per year?)
The Programmers
Guild has documented the facts of how H-1b visas are actually used
by industry on its website: H-1B
visas
are used in San Francisco predominately for underpaid, averaged
skilled positions for which employers should have no trouble finding
U.S. candidates:
www.programmersguild.org/sfh1b/
INCREASING THE LIMIT DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM
The way to fix the
H-1B shortage is to stop issuing them to $17/hour accountants and
average programmers - by requiring that employers first consider U.S.
workers than then pay an actual comparable salary to the workers.
Congressman Pascrell has drafted such a proposal:
www.pascrell.house.gov/issues2.cfm?id=11398
Somehow Microsoft able to thrive with the minimal H-1B workers during
the mid-1990s.
MICROSOFT NOT RECRUITING U.S. GRADUATES
The dropdown list at this page contains the
schools where Microsoft recruits:
www.microsoft.com/college/yourschool.aspx
- Microsoft does not
recruit at any of the California State University schools, including
Cal Poly. There were not at CSU Sacramento a week ago: www.ecs.csus.edu/career/career-day/job-fair.php
- The Computer
Science program at U.C. Davis, where Norm Matloff teaches, failed to
make the cut. (Norm: I guess you are not turning out
“Microsoft” material – like the schools in India are.)
- Many states, such
as Nevada are completely overlooked.
MICROSOFT LAYING OFF U.S. WORKERS
According to the Seattle Post Intelligencer website,
Microsoft has been laying off its U.S. workers. These are only the
publicly disclosed events, and are independent from dismissals due to
failure to perform:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/venture/layoff.asp
Company # of Date
Layoffs
Microsoft 72 08/05/2005
Microsoft 62 01/21/2005
Microsoft 49 09/02/2004
Microsoft 76 08/23/2004
Microsoft 20 06/22/2004
Microsoft 40 02/15/2004
Microsoft 161 06/27/2003
Microsoft 61 04/22/2002
Microsoft 168 01/23/2002
LOW DEMAND FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE GRADUATES
Of the 108
employers at the
engineering CSUS career fair,
only 24 were seeking computer science graduates. In contrast,
79 were seeking civil engineers. What message does that send to
freshmen who are choosing a major – that the majority of employers
have no need for U.S. computer science graduates?
Finally, see the Gates/Abramoff connection here:
www.anamericanscam.com/
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www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/17/AR2006031701798.html
For Gates, A Visa Charge
By
David S. Broder
Sunday, March 19, 2006; Page B07
When the Senate comes back to work next week, it is
scheduled to take up the issue of immigration.
And that is
what brought Bill Gates to Washington for a rare visit last
week.
… As Gates
said, these are highly paid, highly qualified individuals.
Salaries for these jobs at
Microsoft start at about $100,000 a year… |
HERE ARE THE FACTS OF MICROSOFT’S USE OF H-1B:
The FY2006 data is zipped here, and contains both MS Access and
Excel format.
- 2134 LCAs filed
- Median Salary=
$84,407 (Skewed by some managers/directors/legal counsel in the
$150k+ range)
- Only 12.4% paid
salaries of $100k or greater.
www.programmersguild.org/docs/microsoft_h1b_2005.zip
(only
147k)
FY 2005 is at beta.h1b.info:
http://beta.h1b.info/lca_job_list.php?page=1&name=MICROSOFT+CORP&company=microsoft&year=2005&sort=wage
H-1B
applications filed by
Microsoft Corporation during FY
2005*
*
Applications submitted before October 2004 for jobs
beginning in FY 2005.
Approved H-1B applications:
646 Total jobs:
648
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Job title
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Jobs
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Wage
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Begin Date
|
Location(s) |
|
INTERACTION DESIGNER |
1 |
$46,267/year
|
10/01/2004 |
REDMOND, WA
|
|
SOFTWARE DESIGN ENGINEER |
1 |
$54,628/year
|
10/11/2004 |
REDMOND, WA
|
|
SECURITY OPERATIONS ANALYST |
1 |
$60,900/year
|
10/08/2004 |
REDMOND, WA
|
|
Graphic Designer/Artist |
1 |
$61,851/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA & Dallas, TX
|
|
Industrial Designer |
1 |
$62,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
|
Marketing Manager |
1 |
$62,500/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
|
Software Test Engineer |
1 |
$62,700/year
|
11/15/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
|
Software Test Engineer |
1 |
$63,000/year
|
10/25/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
|
Software Test Engineer |
1 |
$63,922/year
|
10/29/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
|
Software Design Engineer in Test |
1 |
$64,903/year
|
01/01/2005 |
Redmond, WA
|
|
SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER |
1 |
$64,994/year
|
11/20/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
|
Product Designer |
1 |
$65,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
|
Software Design Engineer in Test |
1 |
$65,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
|
Software Test Engineer |
1 |
$65,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
|
Support Engineer |
1 |
$65,125/year
|
10/19/2004 |
Redmond, WA & Charlotte, NC
|
|
Software Test Engineer |
1 |
$65,405/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
|
Lab Engineer |
1 |
$65,806/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
|
Software Design Engineer in Test |
1 |
$65,831/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
|
Software Test Engineer |
1 |
$66,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
|
Support Analyst |
1 |
$66,000/year
|
11/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
|
Usability Engineer |
1 |
$66,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
REDMOND, WA
|
|
Software Test Engineer |
1 |
$66,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
REDMOND, WA
|
|
Associate Program Manager |
1 |
$66,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
|
Software Design Engineer in Test |
1 |
$66,499/year
|
10/03/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
|
SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER |
1 |
$66,586/year
|
10/01/2004 |
REDMOND, WA
|
|
Software Test Engineer |
1 |
$67,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
|
Software Test Engineer |
1 |
$67,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
|
Software Test Engineer |
1 |
$67,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
|
Software Test Engineer |
1 |
$67,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
REDMOND, WA
|
|
SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER |
1 |
$67,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
REDMOND, WA
|
|
SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER |
1 |
$67,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
REDMOND, WA
|
|
Software Test Engineer |
1 |
$67,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
|
Software Test Engineer |
1 |
$67,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
|
Software Test Engineer |
1 |
$67,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
|
Software Test Engineer |
1 |
$67,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
|
SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER |
1 |
$67,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
REDMOND, WA
|
|
Software Test Engineer |
1 |
$67,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
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Software Test Engineer |
1 |
$67,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
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Software Test Engineer |
1 |
$67,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
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SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER |
1 |
$67,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
REDMOND, WA
|
|
Software Test Engineer 58 |
1 |
$67,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
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Software Test Engineer |
1 |
$67,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
REDMOND, WA
|
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Software Test Engineer |
1 |
$67,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
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Software Test Engineer |
1 |
$67,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
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Software Test Engineer |
1 |
$67,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
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SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER |
1 |
$67,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
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SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER |
1 |
$67,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
|
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Software Test Engineer |
1 |
$67,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
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SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER |
1 |
$67,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
REDMOND, WA
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Software Test Engineer |
1 |
$67,000/year
|
10/01/2004 |
Redmond, WA
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