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[Klaus H. Probst]

Simon,

> Well said. Many consulting firms are in fact using foreign labors solely
> because they can pay them at a lower rate while charging their clients at
> the premium price.... in another word, maximizing their profits.
> Furthermore, if you are on a H1B visa, your are pretty much "stucked" with
> that firm, because if you quit, you have to go home. That means, shall I
> say, they can do almost anything to you.
> One more thing, they pay you only based on "billable hours". You could be
> sitting in the office all day and then work at the client site all night,
> but they are not going to pay you for the time you sit in the office. It
> could be very frustrating. I personally know an MCSE who quitted the
> consulting firm because of that (well, he is American, so he can quit).

Your points depend *entirely* on the company you're working for. I'm sure
there are a lot of sweatshops and a lot of people trying to take advantage
of immigrant workers out there, but try to avoid generalizing. I have seen a
lot of bad and a lot of good in the IT consulting world, and I can assure
you that not everything is bleak.

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Klaus H. Probst, MVP
http://www.vbbox.com/


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[simon]

Wrong. I don't work for consulting company. I never like that line of
work..... just not my cup of tea. =) But I do work with a lot of
consultants from time to time and that's how I got the information.

simon.



"Klaus H. Probst" <kprobst@vbbox.com> wrote in message
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> Your points depend *entirely* on the company you're working for.
> <snip>