Blert@43

I worked Silicon Valley for four years before moving to my current job (startup went under). So don’t presume I’m talking from the outside and that “plainly” I have never met such H1-B workers simply because I have had different experiences than you.

Just as you are, I’m merely reporting what I’ve seen at work in Alameda, whether or not it coincides with what you’ve seen. Another valid piece of the data pie.

And what I’ve seen is a distribution of various different types, not a blanket picture. For the record, I am no more pious than anybody else.

I actually agree with you on two points.
1) As you mentioned, you do get occasional top performers, as well as need to screen out many worthless performers when hiring.

2) If employers perceive more downside to shifting to India, they’ll stop doing it.

If employers don’t like incompetent employees with princely attitudes, arrogance, and laziness, simply don’t hire them; they’re obviously a bad deal. This is logic, not bigotry.

My point, I reiterate, is that employers should not assume an attitude problem in a particular job seeker solely on the basis of last name, race, or skin color.

If IBM and others have ridiculous hiring policies destined for disaster, or they exercise very poor judgment in hiring because they either have stereotyped Indians an unadulterated good or an unadulterated evil, that is a problem they need to address before it brings the business down.