Executive Summary H1-B visa recipients are supposed to be people “who are of distinguished merit and ability.” If so, why is the compensation US worker displacement loophole set so low? Introduction This is the original intent of the H1-B visa program was the following: Several different types of visas were established, including a H-1 visa…
Executive Summary Media coverage of the number of H1-B recipients is highly misleading. There are far more than 65,000 H1-B visa holders taking US jobs from domestic workers ever year. Introduction It is widespread for media coverage to entirely understate the number of people flowing into the US under the H1-B program. The Commonly Stated…
Executive Summary SAP has had a long-term arrangement where it allows partners to take first level support. With its Cloud Extension program, SAP is changing this arrangement for many SAP partners. Video Introduction: How SAP is Cutting Some of Its Partners Out of the SAP Support Business Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video)…
Executive Summary When Vishal Sikka joined the Oracle board of directors, Oracle claimed he was one of the world’s leading experts in AI. We analyze whether this claim by Oracle is true. Introduction When Vishal Sikka joined Oracle’s board of directors, some amazing things were claimed and repeated throughout the media. Notice this web page…
Executive Summary Companies have been changing the usage of the H1-B program to layoff permanent employees and replace them with Indian H1-B workers. This use of H1-B workers has nothing to do with technical skills. Many domestic workers are being told to pack up. Their Indian replacement has arrived. Introduction The H1-B program has been…
Executive Summary Indian workers and recruiters come from a highly regressive employment market. As Indians have set up companies and recruiting firms, they are bringing this terrible legacy to their domestic workers’ expectations. Introduction Indians have had a profound effect on the US IT labor market. In many companies, recent Indian immigrants represent at least…
Executive Summary ABAP is a highly inefficient development language that should be removed from SAP accounts. This article will explain how to do this. Introduction ABAP is not a fully functional development language. It is instead a report writing language with a large number of libraries. ABAP problems are covered in the article Why Did…
Executive Summary For decades US K-12 school outcomes have been in decline. However, the reasons are not discussed. In this article, we will cover the real reason for the decline. Introduction The media coverage on this topic has been cautious never about addressing a glaring issue that has been pulling the performance of US schools…
Executive Summary The media is not telling the real story of racial discrimination by police officers in fatal shootings. This media is very clearly missing the real story with police shootings and violent crime statistics. Introduction The familiar story is that blacks are racially profiled when shot by police officers in the US. This hypothesis…
Executive Summary Sometimes we receive the question of how to reduce the investment into SAP. This article explains how to do this. Introduction We recently received the following question. Curious to review any research or opinion pieces Brightwork has available on SAP Certified development partners and how one could improve an existing ERP platform instead…