BREAKING: IOWA IS LAYING OFF 200 STATE IT WORKERS AND OUTSOURCING THEIR JOBS TO COGNIZANT, THE #3 H-1B EMPLOYER IN AMERICA.
We have covered Cognizant extensively as being a H-1B body shop, importing largely Indian nationals to contract with large American corporations.
Cognizant has been certified for 152,483 H-1B workers since 2015. In 2024, a federal jury found the company discriminated against its non-Indian employees. In 2019, two of its top executives were charged with foreign bribery.
The state's data centers are moving to the cloud within Amazon, the #2 H-1B employer.
The laid-off Iowans are being told they can apply for jobs at Cognizant.
Gov. Reynolds claims this saves taxpayers $525M over a decade. The actual contract price was not disclosed.
Cognizant is technically headquartered in New Jersey, but their leadership team is nearly 100% Indian, with the top 9 listed on their website shown here.