Indian_American
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Well they say USA is a land of opportunities ! Thats why i left my good profile job (I would have been an Engineering Manager by now in my company) in India and came to USA to explore and accept new challanges in the United States.
But now after working here for almost 3 years i am totally frustrated and planning to go back to India or shift to Information Technology.
Guys working at Top industrial automation companies in India,if you are planning to come to work in USA think again. Here is my experience.
=> India has much more opportunities in Industrial Automation as she is on fast track of development and USA is already a developed country.
=>Most of the products available in US market are manufactured at sweat shops in china where labour is very cheap so very few
manufacturing industries are left here that means very few job opportunities.
=>The industries which are left here dont know even what H1B visa is so forget about H1B Visa sponsership.Top players in Industrial automation market such as AB,GE,Modicon,Invensys,Honeywell,Wonderware,Intellution,Genesis and others ask for USA citizenship or Green card and very rarely sponser Visas.
=>I guess after Information Technology boom (1995 onwards) very few Engineers who are American Citizens or Greencard Holders have opted for career in Industral Automation, So if you have about 2-5 years of experience then you have to compete with last generation guys who have more than 10-15 years of experience + They have citizenship or Greencard so your claim for job becomes very weak !
=>Rest of the companies such as System Integrators/Mom and Pop shops dont sponser visas and evenif someone sponsers you (Typical Salary they pay around USD 40k-50k which is very very low) its totally different working atmosphere compared to Top companies you used to work before, so if you are unalbe to adjust to it you will get
nothing but frustration.
=>If you are planning to work as a consultant through some Indian company,its difficult to find projects one after another.one of my friend waited for 6 months and then went back to India with nothing but frustration.
=>Forget about managerial positions in USA. your job profile may also include Panel wiring,Making AutoCAD drawings which is generally done by technicians and not engineers in India.Also most of the projects are upgradtaion to existing Hardware/Software and retrofitting so
lack of creativity.
=>So if you are still dreaming about USA then go for IT Jobs and not Industrial Automation Jobs.I found out that you can make more money by doing some crappy Web or financial software development and maintainence work than challanging industrial automation software development. Believe me i dont have more than $5000 in savings after working for 3 years in USA.
BTW just read that by 2008 around 80% IT Jobs are going to India because of outsourcing by US companies.Tough life ahead for
techies in USA.
God Bless and Save America !!
But now after working here for almost 3 years i am totally frustrated and planning to go back to India or shift to Information Technology.
Guys working at Top industrial automation companies in India,if you are planning to come to work in USA think again. Here is my experience.
=> India has much more opportunities in Industrial Automation as she is on fast track of development and USA is already a developed country.
=>Most of the products available in US market are manufactured at sweat shops in china where labour is very cheap so very few
manufacturing industries are left here that means very few job opportunities.
=>The industries which are left here dont know even what H1B visa is so forget about H1B Visa sponsership.Top players in Industrial automation market such as AB,GE,Modicon,Invensys,Honeywell,Wonderware,Intellution,Genesis and others ask for USA citizenship or Green card and very rarely sponser Visas.
=>I guess after Information Technology boom (1995 onwards) very few Engineers who are American Citizens or Greencard Holders have opted for career in Industral Automation, So if you have about 2-5 years of experience then you have to compete with last generation guys who have more than 10-15 years of experience + They have citizenship or Greencard so your claim for job becomes very weak !
=>Rest of the companies such as System Integrators/Mom and Pop shops dont sponser visas and evenif someone sponsers you (Typical Salary they pay around USD 40k-50k which is very very low) its totally different working atmosphere compared to Top companies you used to work before, so if you are unalbe to adjust to it you will get
nothing but frustration.
=>If you are planning to work as a consultant through some Indian company,its difficult to find projects one after another.one of my friend waited for 6 months and then went back to India with nothing but frustration.
=>Forget about managerial positions in USA. your job profile may also include Panel wiring,Making AutoCAD drawings which is generally done by technicians and not engineers in India.Also most of the projects are upgradtaion to existing Hardware/Software and retrofitting so
lack of creativity.
=>So if you are still dreaming about USA then go for IT Jobs and not Industrial Automation Jobs.I found out that you can make more money by doing some crappy Web or financial software development and maintainence work than challanging industrial automation software development. Believe me i dont have more than $5000 in savings after working for 3 years in USA.
BTW just read that by 2008 around 80% IT Jobs are going to India because of outsourcing by US companies.Tough life ahead for
techies in USA.
God Bless and Save America !!