Re: To SRC regulars....

Kamal R. Prasad wrote:
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that may not be because of tribal mentality. Have you observed that it
almost always costs more to hire a white/american than an Indian? It is
possible that mgmt has instructed him to hire Indians and that he has
been hired in the first place to facilitate that. I have come across
references to americans as greedy pigs who demand too much for their
services.


References? As in published in peer reviewed journals or
other scholarly works, perhaps "Journal of Greedy Pig
Research" (abbreviated by workers in the field as JGPR,
of course)? :-)


It is based on what I heard and not what I read. I have also
experienced first hand that it costs more to hire an american than to
hire an Indian on an H1b.

Ahh, but was it because the American was a greedy pig
or because the Indian was willing to work cheap and help
bring down the wages of all working people.

Hiring an Indian after he has acquired a
green card may not prove to be cheaper. You just need to look at any
company which hires americans and Indians. The pay is a lot higher and
working conditions a lot better for americans than for equivalently
qualified H1bs. No wonder mgmts love H1bs and americans hate it
equally. To give an example, for 2+ yr that I landed in the USA -I was
living with a roommate in a 1 bedroom apt -but an american might have
taken a single family home mortgage at about the same time.

And it might have been a good investment. Do you have
something against real estate as part of a balanced financial
plan?

Their
living stds being a lot higher, their expectations are also bound to be
higher.

Perhaps you have cause and effect reversed, but again,
is it greedy to live in a house rather than live with a
roommate in a 1 bedroom apartment? I knew an econ
professor at a college near my alma mater who lived in
a chicken coop. I suppose we could all do that, but the
price of coops would go sky high due to the demand. :-)

I grew up on the border line of poor in America, but my
family lived in a house. My mom and dad both worked
so we could have a house. My dad and grandfather
finished the second floor for bedrooms. They grew up
in rural areas during the Depression and knew how to
get by cheaply and do things for themselves. Maybe
that's why I do so many home repairs myself instead
of hiring a pro. I spent 5 years in grad school, lived in
a basement, and some months had a pound of rice
and a package of hot dogs to eat for the last week
of the month before pay day (sure, that's a week of
feasting for some refugee in the Sahel). I also spent
a year sharing an one bedroom studio apartment with
my sister (she slept on the sofa in the living/dining/
kitchen room). I worked hard in high school so I
could go to college. I earned a double major magna
cum laude and two graduate degrees so I could get a
decent job and earn a decent salary. That was the
"American Way". My wife also has two degrees and
board certification in a specialty. We both work in
order to afford what we have. We live in a house,
a nice but not grand, house. Yes, we had
"expectations" that if we got good educations and
worked hard we'd be able to buy a house. That's
what we were taught. Our parents did it with far less
education that we have. That makes me a greedy
pig? I thought that made me a rather typical person,
more fortunate than some in the abilities and
opportunities God gave me, but working to earn
my way and provide for my family. Thank you for
clarifying things for me. I will now go to my wallow
and roll in some mud. :-)

Cheers,
Russell

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