> I am not quite sure if LCA is an accurate metric of visa count. For example, I had my visa renewed 3 times so far. Every time, they filed for an LCA
You can ignore the GC LCA, because most companies do it too, and companies like Google, Facebook and Apple at a higher rate. Even if Infosys applies twice per three years for a candidate's H-1, it stands at the top of that list.
> 100 thousand Indian students come to US every year. How many of them end up working in these companies? Your own list shows less than 15k.
And I am seeing very few people without a US degree in that 15k.
> Further, 25405 number doesn't mean they all were deputed from India. Indian companies hire a lot from US.
What is the point here? So does every other company.
> Both said there teams were trying to hire people locally (Americans)
It is a legal requirement.
> I actually developed a bad opinion of them based on their performance in my own company
Actually me too. I have worked with cliques from hell, coming from Infosys (mostly), but also Wipro and like. 10 people do the work of 1 person, with the end result being
a mess.
Anecdotes aside, I don't know why you are fighting along Infosys here. The numbers are Facts. Also, not everybody in Infosys (US) is going through the same struggle you are. I am sorry you are going through this and I empathize with you, as I had some personal experience in that regard. I can also tell you this, this uncertainty will pass, but the after-effects will last for a while. Having a good social circle helps in mitigating it.
>What is the point here? So does every other company.
What I was trying to point out is that when people talk about Infosys, they are referring to the people who are deputed from India. Or at least thats what I thought. So, when some one says 25405 people got LCA, a person who is not familiar with these things would think that Infosys brings that many people from India every year, and that Infosys is using up 25405 of the 60k or 80k visas to bring new people. They may not realize that this number also includes visa renewals, relocations, and hires from US, and that renewals and relocations do not count towards the 60k limit. If the Nasscom quote below is to be believed, its around 4000.
>IT industry body Nasscom on Monday came out in defence of its members TCS and Infosys, saying the two accounted for only 7,504โ8.8%โof the approved H1B visas in 2014-15.
>Both said there teams were trying to hire people locally (Americans)
>It is a legal requirement.
I was trying to say that just like how you are saying people in Infosys are bad, the Infosys people who work in interviewing Americans are saying the candidates they get are not as good as the Indians! Everyone thinks others are stupid I guess.
>as I had some personal experience in that regard.
I thought you were an American!
> I can also tell you this, this uncertainty will pass.
You can ignore the GC LCA, because most companies do it too, and companies like Google, Facebook and Apple at a higher rate. Even if Infosys applies twice per three years for a candidate's H-1, it stands at the top of that list.
> 100 thousand Indian students come to US every year. How many of them end up working in these companies? Your own list shows less than 15k.
And I am seeing very few people without a US degree in that 15k.
> Further, 25405 number doesn't mean they all were deputed from India. Indian companies hire a lot from US.
What is the point here? So does every other company.
> Both said there teams were trying to hire people locally (Americans)
It is a legal requirement.
> I actually developed a bad opinion of them based on their performance in my own company
Actually me too. I have worked with cliques from hell, coming from Infosys (mostly), but also Wipro and like. 10 people do the work of 1 person, with the end result being a mess.
Anecdotes aside, I don't know why you are fighting along Infosys here. The numbers are Facts. Also, not everybody in Infosys (US) is going through the same struggle you are. I am sorry you are going through this and I empathize with you, as I had some personal experience in that regard. I can also tell you this, this uncertainty will pass, but the after-effects will last for a while. Having a good social circle helps in mitigating it.