There’s been a lot of press in the Canadian media about companies, usually banks such as RBC, who downsize Canadian IT workers and replace them with cheaper imported workers via IT outsourcing firms. The same thing seems to be happening in the United States. But the difference is that they don’t get mad, they sue. Brenda Koehler is a VMware-certified professional network engineer with a master’s degree in information systems and 17 years of experience. You’d think that people would be lining up to hire her. But apparently that’s not the case. In particular Indian outsourcing firm Infosys didn’t hire her for an open position that she was qualified for. Koehler has filed a lawsuit alleging that Infosys ignored her qualifications and eventually hired a Bangladeshi worker to staff a position she was qualified for. On top of that, her lawyers are working to get the lawsuit certified as a class action.
Upon hearing about this, my first thought was that why doesn’t someone do something similar in Canada. I know a ton of skilled IT professionals who have lost their jobs in the last few years, yet Canada imports a ton of people from overseas to fill open IT positions. Clearly that’s the case in the US as well and that’s not right. Governments should tighten the requirements of foreign workers so that they don’t take a job that could be filled by a citizen of that country. But if that doesn’t work, maybe lawsuits will so that the message is sent loud and clear.
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IT Worker Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Outsourcing Firm
There’s been a lot of press in the Canadian media about companies, usually banks such as RBC, who downsize Canadian IT workers and replace them with cheaper imported workers via IT outsourcing firms. The same thing seems to be happening in the United States. But the difference is that they don’t get mad, they sue. Brenda Koehler is a VMware-certified professional network engineer with a master’s degree in information systems and 17 years of experience. You’d think that people would be lining up to hire her. But apparently that’s not the case. In particular Indian outsourcing firm Infosys didn’t hire her for an open position that she was qualified for. Koehler has filed a lawsuit alleging that Infosys ignored her qualifications and eventually hired a Bangladeshi worker to staff a position she was qualified for. On top of that, her lawyers are working to get the lawsuit certified as a class action.
Upon hearing about this, my first thought was that why doesn’t someone do something similar in Canada. I know a ton of skilled IT professionals who have lost their jobs in the last few years, yet Canada imports a ton of people from overseas to fill open IT positions. Clearly that’s the case in the US as well and that’s not right. Governments should tighten the requirements of foreign workers so that they don’t take a job that could be filled by a citizen of that country. But if that doesn’t work, maybe lawsuits will so that the message is sent loud and clear.
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