[Ecommerce] Re: Which Google Should Congress Believe?

[Jeff Williams]

Lauren and all,

  H-1B has been greatly expanded and Googles financial statement
of last quarter reflects the exact opposite ( over hiring ) as a reason it gave
stockholders like myself for losses.  Hence the contradiction.  Additionally
Google's chief legal council made false claims to the SEC, in which they
were fined for doing so, which again is another contradiction to what
they testified to in congress.  And finally, also testifying that due to H-1B
restrictions, a false claim by Google "regularly > unable to pursue highly
qualified candidates."  Doesn't jibe with the fact that H-1B visa program
has been greatly exexpanded or claims of ( over hiring ) in Googles
2nd quarter statements.  If Google really wanted to cut cost
of company-wide hiring, taking advantage of the greatly expanded
H-1B and H-2B visa programs is one very good was to do that.
Ergo, so which should Congress believe? From where I sit or any
other stock holder sits, which should we believe?

Lauren Weinstein wrote:

> 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,
> > --
> > Jeffrey A. Williams
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Regards,

--
Jeffrey A. Williams
Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 134k members/stakeholders strong!)
"Obedience of the law is the greatest freedom" -
   Abraham Lincoln

"Credit should go with the performance of duty and not with what is
very often the accident of glory" - Theodore Roosevelt

"If the probability be called P; the injury, L; and the burden, B;
liability depends upon whether B is less than L multiplied by
P: i.e., whether B is less than PL."
United States v. Carroll Towing  (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir. 1947]
===============================================================
Updated 1/26/04
CSO/DIR. Internet Network Eng. SR. Eng. Network data security
IDNS. div. of Information Network Eng.  INEG. INC.
ABA member in good standing member ID 01257402
E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com
 Registered Email addr with the USPS
Contact Number: 214-244-4827