[Deschodt]

Leaving aside the actual competence of foreign workers, this is what annoys me about the IT industry too... I've worked for some big names in IT and big companies' IT depts.

It's the SAME $**** every 5-10 years. "Management" wants to save money by outsourcing (to India or these days a big service provider, which then outsources to India ;-). Then, oops, the software that comes out is crap, quality is down, or the services provided suck, the vendor underdelivers and raises their price. 2y later, like clockwork, they try to bring back the local workers they fired, who by then have either changed career or won't come back... It's so prevalent there should be Harvard case studies writen on this, yet EVERYONE does this, over and over. I suppose it's like us: We KNOW it's better to pay for someone else's restoration, but the $5000 rusty 911 is hard to resist...

Gone through this 3 times in 20yrs. Last one to leave the first 2. Last time, I resigned 2 weeks after the initial announcement (despite being assured I'd be the last to go again, F$%^ that ! ). Key is to relo in an industry where the support must be local and not outsourceable.
After that, H1Bs are from all over... 90% of the ones I worked with were brits and great to work (and party) with !