Prejudice and Engineering?

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<p>“I heard that big companies like Boeing took bailouts from the government and now they are asked not to hire internationals.”</p>

<p>Sheesh, talk about rumour and innuendo! Boeing did not recieve any bailout or stimulus funds from the federal government. Boeing isn’t General Motors or Lehman Brothers.</p>

<p>If I had to guess, and that’s what most of you are doing, I’d opine that VISA difficulties may be one reason for OP’s friends lack of success. Particularly with government jobs and/or government procurements, employers are scrutinizing applicants’ VISA status more than ever. As it so happens, the other day I perused an application for a summer job at Boeing [for a family member]. The announcement expressly stated “MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN.” It’s all part of the new world of uber-security. At my own compay a worker was dismissed after it was learned that her VISA had expired long ago. Like most undocumented people in the U.S.A., she simply overstayed her alloted time, became gainfully employed here for years until the post-9/11 circumstances bit her in the rear end.</p>

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<p>Generally speaking, I wouldn’t worry about discrimination or prejudice in the workplace as far as Western nations are concerned (the ones in Europe, North America, etc). There have been many laws passed to punish employers for even the slightest hint of prejudice- furthermore one of the current zeitgeists in the West is to promote diversity in the workplace.</p>

<p>You are far more likely to be discriminated against on these issues in the Middle East, or Japan, South Africa, and many Asian nations. Not a pleasant fact, because we tend and want to fixate on Western nations when it comes to prejudice, but other countries have much more catching up to do in terms of eliminating prejudice.</p>