[Ecommerce] Re: Which Google Should Congress Believe?

[Lauren Weinstein]

Without getting into the guts of immigration policy, which is
outside my area of expertise, I don't see those statements as
contradictory.  That a particular total of company-wide new hires
took place doesn't preclude the existence of specific qualified and
desirable potential hires that were designated but unable to be
actually hired due to H-1B restrictions.

--Lauren--


> All,
>
> See:
> http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/what-us-immigration-policies-mean-to.html
>
> and
>  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/20/google_second_quarter_earnings/
>
> In Congressional testimony last month, Google's VP of
> People Operations told the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration
> that, due to limits on the number of H-1B visas, Google is regularly
> unable to pursue highly qualified candidates. But as Google stock
> tumbled
> in after hours trading Wednesday, Google's CEO blamed disappointing
> profits on a hiring binge and promised Wall Street analysts that the
> company would keep a careful eye on headcount in the future. So which
> Google should Congress believe?
>
>   My answer:  I believe neither.  PR and "Evangelist" folks all lie when
> it's
> in the interest of their employer, and figures don't lie but liars
> figure.
> Again see:
>  http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/072007-googles-chief-legal-officer-slapped.html?netht=072007dailynews1&
>
> Regards,
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