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Disney World Fired 250 of Its Workers. What It Told Them to Do Next Made Things Even Worse
By Kyle Plantz (1 day ago) | Culture, Economy, Headlines, Legal
Once upon a time, there were about 250 tech workers who were running the computers in the central nervous system of Disney World operations. Then, one day, Disney laid them all off, hired immigrants brought in on visas to take their place, and required many of the former employees to train their replacements.
This isn’t your typical Disney-fairytale, but this is what The New York Times reported Thursday.
In October 2014, about 250 employees were laid off and Disney used an outsourcing firm in India to hire immigrants that would work under a temporary visa, known as H-1B, for highly skilled technical workers. Some employees’ severance checks required they continued doing their job for the next three months as they trained their replacements.
Disney executives claim that the layoffs were part of a reorganization of the company and they opened more positions than it eliminated, the Times reported.
One former worker told the Times that young immigrants from India took their place:
“The first 30 days was all capturing what I did. The next 30 days, they worked side by side with me, and the last 30 days, they took over my job completely. I had to make sure they were doing my job correctly.”
The use of these visas, and whether they complement American workers or displaces them, is currently under debate in Congress. Critics of the visas say that they are being used to bring in immigrants to do work that Americans can do, for less money.
The Times [URL='http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/us/last-task-after-layoff-at-disney-train-foreign-replacements.html']reports that there are about 85,000 of these visas granted each year and they’re in high demand from technology giants, like Facebook and Google. They also report that tech companies repeatedly seek increases in the annual quota, claiming that there aren’t enough Americans with the skills they need for their companies.
This isn’t the first time that a company has laid off employees and used an outsourcing firm to bring in immigrant replacements:
Another worker who spoke to the Times said that his former supervisor was unaware of his layoff and, in his annual performance review, wrote that because of his hard work, he saved the company thousands of dollars. The employee got a raise and his severance pay had to be recalculated to include it.
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By Kyle Plantz (1 day ago) | Culture, Economy, Headlines, Legal
Once upon a time, there were about 250 tech workers who were running the computers in the central nervous system of Disney World operations. Then, one day, Disney laid them all off, hired immigrants brought in on visas to take their place, and required many of the former employees to train their replacements.
This isn’t your typical Disney-fairytale, but this is what The New York Times reported Thursday.
In October 2014, about 250 employees were laid off and Disney used an outsourcing firm in India to hire immigrants that would work under a temporary visa, known as H-1B, for highly skilled technical workers. Some employees’ severance checks required they continued doing their job for the next three months as they trained their replacements.
Disney executives claim that the layoffs were part of a reorganization of the company and they opened more positions than it eliminated, the Times reported.
One former worker told the Times that young immigrants from India took their place:
“The first 30 days was all capturing what I did. The next 30 days, they worked side by side with me, and the last 30 days, they took over my job completely. I had to make sure they were doing my job correctly.”
The use of these visas, and whether they complement American workers or displaces them, is currently under debate in Congress. Critics of the visas say that they are being used to bring in immigrants to do work that Americans can do, for less money.
The Times [URL='http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/us/last-task-after-layoff-at-disney-train-foreign-replacements.html']reports that there are about 85,000 of these visas granted each year and they’re in high demand from technology giants, like Facebook and Google. They also report that tech companies repeatedly seek increases in the annual quota, claiming that there aren’t enough Americans with the skills they need for their companies.
This isn’t the first time that a company has laid off employees and used an outsourcing firm to bring in immigrant replacements:
- In 2014, Southern California Edison laid off about 540 technology workers and hired two Indian outsourcing firms to get replacements.
- About 350 tech workers were laid off in 2013 from Northeast Utilities and were replaced by H-1B immigrants. The workers said as part of their severance they had to sign agreements to not criticize the company publicly.
Another worker who spoke to the Times said that his former supervisor was unaware of his layoff and, in his annual performance review, wrote that because of his hard work, he saved the company thousands of dollars. The employee got a raise and his severance pay had to be recalculated to include it.
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