Wang challenges the one-for-one replacement inference
Xiao WangCo-founder and CEO of Boundless Immigration
Wang challenges the inference that Microsoft's layoffs and foreign-worker hiring represent one-for-one replacements, pointing to different jobs and divisions.
“Layoffs and hiring are not one for ones of each other, especially at giant companies like Microsoft”
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Did Microsoft replace laid-off American workers with H-1B workers, as JD Vance claims?
JD Vance accused Microsoft of replacing laid-off Americans with foreign workers and announced a suspension of its PERM filings. Microsoft says most of its H-1B applications concerned employees it already employed.
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GeekWire interviews immigration technology executives about the Microsoft allegations. Xiao Wang argues that layoffs and hiring in different divisions cannot be equated.
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GeekWire quotes Wang about the administration's Microsoft allegations.
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He gives the example of a laid-off gaming employee and an AI specialist being hired for a different role.
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Why this label?
He disputes the characterization of layoffs and recruitment as interchangeable evidence of replacement hiring.
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