Thousands of Indian IT professionals are in trouble in America. After retrenchment in companies like Google, Microsoft and Amazon, they are being forced to return to the country. Actually, after leaving the job, his work visa is getting expired and due to non-availability of job in the remaining period, he has only option to return.

2,00,000 IT professionals lost their jobs
According to The Washington Post, around 200,000 IT professionals have been laid off since November last year. The layoffs include companies such as Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon. Some reports say that 30 to 40% of those fired are Indian IT professionals, a large number of whom are on H-1B and L1 visas.

What is H 1B and L-1B visa?

must find a new job within 60 days
Amazon employee Geeta (name changed) came to America only three months back. This week he was told that March 20 is his last working day. The situation is getting worse for H-1B visa holders, as they will have to find a new job within 60 days or else they will be left with no option but to go back to India.

really tough situation
Another IT professional, was fired from Microsoft on January 18. She is single mother. His son is in his junior year of high school, preparing to enter college. He said, ‘This situation is really difficult. It is unfortunate that thousands of tech employees are facing layoffs, especially those on H-1B visas are facing more challenges. He is scrambling for options to stay in America.

studies will be missed, will have to sell the house and return
Ajay Jain, a businessman and community leader in Silicon Valley, said, ‘It can have a very bad effect on families. They may have to sell their property and there may be disruption in children’s education. It would be beneficial for tech companies to extend the visa date of H-1B workers by a few months as under the current circumstances, it is impossible to get jobs within a short period.

IT employees created WhatsApp group
Laid-off Indian IT workers have formed several WhatsApp groups to find a solution to their dire situation. There are more than 800 unemployed Indian IT workers in a WhatsApp group who are posting the details of vacancies in the country. In another group, they are discussing various visa options.

Jobs are going away in companies like Google, Amazon, Facebook

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced to lay off 12,000 employees. Google’s case is the latest among the layoffs in the world’s big tech companies. In the last few days, big tech companies like Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook have fired thousands of their employees and made them sit at home. Click here to read the full news…