Overqualified?!?!

[dmorin at lear.morinfamily.com (Duane Morin)]

On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Derek D. Martin wrote:
> But this is preposterous!  If you didn't still have your h1b
> employees, you'd have to replace them, wouldn't you?  It would free up

This is true of every employee I have (that I would have to replace them 
if I lost them).  By this logic, though, I could say that there are good 
engineers out there right now because I can't just walk up and tell all my 
existing employees that I am going to re-evaluate their quality and see if 
I can upgrade them to someone better.

> some jobs for those of us who are American Citizens, who live here and 
> don't have a home to return to somewhere else, who are in danger of
> losing the homes we DO have, who need jobs.

One of the engineers in question lives in New Hampshire.  He used to live 
down the street from me, but moved when his wife got a new job.  She just 
had a baby.  I believe that he has his license, he speaks excellent 
english, and pays his taxes.  As far as I know he is doing all the 
paperwork necessary to stay here and become a citizen.  I am sorry that
you are out of work.  But I honestly don't think that this guy deserves
to be bumped out of his job through no fault of his own.  I have 
seen plenty of *American* engineers who produce lower quality work than he 
does, why can't I get rid of them and give you a job? 

Duane