NRISoft - The Un-Sweatshop!

Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 2:46 AM

<<<<< JOB DESTRUCTION NEWSLETTER No. 1869 -- 5/21/2008 >>>>>

On the home page of NRISoft they boast that they are an alternative to working
for H-1b sweat shops and H1b body shops. Well it's always nice to have an
alternative to indentured servitude and exploitation, if they really offer it.

http://www.nrisoft.com/index.html

They even quote Norman Matloff on prevailing wages. When I saw that I couldn't
help but think of those TV advertisements that claim their drug is
"recommended by doctors". That's quite clever and could be the first time a
bodyshop has said something positive about Matloff, but of course they claim
they are an un-sweatshop, which might also make them an unbodyshop.
Matloff advocates that the prevailing salary regulations should be changed in
order to reduce the loopholes, so what better person to quote?

I'm not sure what this means from their FAQs page, and I have read it several
times. Maybe something was lost in the translation.

War on Sweat Shops and Body Shops! Is NRISoft fighting this war?
No, NRISoft is not fighting the war against exploitation.
NRISoft is just a weapon.

NRISoft claims they are against exploitation, which is good, but they seem to
have no qualms about discriminating against everyone but Indian nationals.
Case in point from the FAQs page:

NRISoft is taking applications from professionals holding H1b visa
status. We predominantly serve the H1b community. Although we do
accept professionals with greencard and American citizenship.

NRISoft states that they accept applications from Americans, but they never
claim that Americans are hired. How many US citizens do you think are on their
payroll?

NRISoft gets more specific about what type of foreigner they are looking for
on their "about us" page. After a list of companies they contract to, such as
Apple, HP, IBM, Motorola, Sun, etc. they drop the real bomb -- they only want
to hire Indian nationals. This probably means that H-1Bs from other countries
are about as welcome as US citizens. Just guessing but I'll bet that NRI is an
acronym for "non resident Indian".

NRISoft is formed to help non resident Indians on H1b visa status
to market themselves and get paid at going rate in the United
States.

iGate/Mastech recently was fined $45,000 for advertising that was no more
blatant. The fine was a tiny tap on the wrist but you would think it would
make other bodyshops hesitate. The message doesn't seem to be getting through
to NRISoft, but maybe that's because they are an unsweatshop unbodyshop.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The quotes from the NRISoft website were copied slightly
before this newsletter was published. Don't assume that the contents of their
pages will remain the same by the time you go there.

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