Are Seattle rumors true?

[jm31828]

Originally Posted by ronaldojernkins

In Northern California they just call it "5" or "405", like "Let's take 5 down to Olympia", there's no "I" in front of it.

That seems to be my experience in other parts of the country where I've lived as well. Unless it's a more sparsely populated area where there is only one interstate passing through, in which case they just refer to it as "the interstate".

[AlohaHuey]

Originally Posted by Jennibc

I am not so sure the post prior to yours was racist so much as it was meant to be commentary on the Microsoft's abuse of the H1B visa program. As in most permanent employees are from India and are being lower paid than what natives would require. It's no secret that some of the larger companies are claiming that they cannot find skilled enough workers here and they must bring them in from outside the country. Many of those workers will work for much less than what locals will work for. So in truth, it's not that the larger companies cannot find people with the skills, they simply cannot find people with the skills that will work for what people from developing nations will work for.

That's not really the point of my post. Or theirs, IMO.

Our company is having difficulty finding good help, too. Not sure where "abuse" comes in.