Insiders say fraud in NY computer programming work dates back years

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Is it so hard to hire Americans?

In truth the politicians and bureaucrats have always been complicit in this fraud and willing to look the other way in exchange for bribes and kickbacks. They're just better at covering it up and preventing investigations of themselves.

Money. Budget.

This comes from New York government. They want to get the job "done" with as little money as possible.

I vaguely remember a quote from a governor who says "The government should not be in the business of developing mobile apps." (I can't find the exact quote right now.) I don't know what happened after that, but you can imagine these things could happen if you replace in-house developers with outsourced work.

And here I am a US citizen with 20 years of experience and can't find a job... Someone smack someone hard across the face for me.

I know, right??? Something is seriously wrong with this world that people like us (the hard-working competent employees) can't find work!

And the ones from another country are allowed to be so underpaid. Offshoring is abusing the exchange rate and the the economy of the lower rate country. Has any country leveled tariffs on labor? India and Columbia should definitely consider it.

You should get an indian to interview for you. Downside: 1/10th the paycheck

And there are also plenty of citizens who are even a bit older. Ageism is huge in this business.

It’s just not NY state agency. Almost every state IT agency has been compromised this way either by Indian origin staffing agencies bribing the Indian hiring managers working at these agencies or Indian outsourcing companies with American presence bribing the mid to senior level management at state agencies. Read all the corruption at Washington DC OCTO.

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