印孚瑟斯今後兩年將招募1萬名美國人
Infosys, the Indian IT services company that stands to be one of the biggest losers from a US visa crackdown, plans to hire 10,000 Americans in the next two years, according to the company’s chief executive.
按照印度信息技術(IT)服務公司印孚瑟斯(Infosys)首席執行官的說法，這個將成爲美國簽證政策整改最大輸家之一的公司，計劃今後兩年招募1萬名美國人。News of the hiring spree, due to be announced on Tuesday, is likely to be seen as a win for the White House as it tries to push companies into creating more US jobs. The administration announced a review of the H-1B visa programme a fortnight ago, aimed at stemming the flow of low-cost workers brought in by companies such as Infosys.
這一定於在週二宣佈的大規模招募消息，很可能會被視爲白宮的一個勝利。白宮正努力推動企業爲美國創造更多就業崗位。兩週前，特朗普(Trump)政府宣佈對H-1B簽證計劃展開重新評估，以遏制印孚瑟斯等企業對低成本勞工的大量引入。Vishal Sikka, Infosys chief executive, acknowledged that the local hiring push came when companies such as his were under pressure to recruit more Americans. “Yes it does coincide,” he said. “I understand the visa regulations and so forth.”
印孚瑟斯首席執行官史維學(Vishal Sikka)承認，這項本地招募舉措推出之際，像印孚瑟斯這樣的企業正面臨要招募更多美國人的壓力。他說：“是的，兩件事確實趕到了一起。我瞭解簽證規定等情況。”
However, he said the main reason for the spurt in local hiring reflected the changing nature of the work his company performed. New technologies such as artificial intelligence were evolving his company’s business, putting more emphasis on local hires who could work closely with customers, he said. “You need a strong sense of locality in the work we do.”
但他表示，突然加大本地招募的主要原因，是印孚瑟斯所從事工作的性質的改變。他說，人工智能等新技術正在改變印孚瑟斯的業務，使之更注重招募可與客戶密切合作的本地人。“我們的工作需要對本地有深刻了解。”Infosys was among the companies singled out by US officials last month when they announced a review of how H-1B visas are allocated. Salaries paid to workers brought into the country by Indian IT services companies undercut those of American workers, the White House maintained.
上月美國官員宣佈對H-1B簽證分配情況展開重新評估時，印孚瑟斯是被專門提及的公司之一。白宮堅稱，印度IT服務公司付給那些被引入美國的員工的薪水，比付給美國員工的薪水低。
Indian companies are said to flood the system with applications so they stand the best chance of winning in the lottery used to allocate the 85,000 visas on offer. Infosys filed more than 25,000 visa applications last year, more than any other company, according to , which collates data from applications.
據稱，印度企業用大量申請衝擊簽證系統，因此在簽證抽籤中擁有最大的獲勝機會。美國用抽籤制來分配每年提供的8.5萬份H1-B簽證。整理申請數據的網站稱，印孚瑟斯去年提交了逾2.5萬份簽證申請，比其他任何公司都多。According to MyVisaJobs, Infosys offered its H-1B applicants an average of $81,705 last year. But that was still lower than the salaries paid by leading US tech companies that rely on H-1Bs to fill gaps in their engineering ranks. Google and Microsoft each offered an average of $130,000 to the workers who applied for the visas last year.
該網站稱，去年印孚瑟斯爲其H-1B申請者提供的年薪平均爲81705美元。但這一數字仍低於靠H-1B簽證填補工程師人才缺口的美國頂尖高科技企業支付的薪資。去年，谷歌(Google)和微軟(Microsoft)均爲其申請H1-B簽證的員工提供平均13萬美元的年薪。
