Not really. The desire to under pay people is stronger than the desire to have a workforce in the US.
Also, the term “under pay people” is a complex one. Sure, it might be below average for a US citizen, but a great opportunity for someone from somewhere else.
At the same time, recent headlines about “CS degree holders aren’t guaranteed a job anymore” wouldn’t be happening without the program.
H1Bs were badly abused, companies would post jobs with ridiculous requirements, throw away the resumes they got, and then claim there were no Americans willing and ready, so they neeed that immigrant. It’s driven down wages and jobs.
But the solution wasn’t to axe the program, rather figure out a better solution that doesn’t fuck over Americans.
Makes it hard to use h1bs the way they were supposedly meant to be used; to make it easier to hire talent that can’t be found domestically. It think this will accelerate offshoring even more. I would have preferred the program was just reformed to make gaming the “prevailing wage” requirement harder, and to give h1b workers more freedom so they’re not as easily exploitable.
I think that’s a good thing, right? They’ve been using these to under pay people for ages.
They’ll pay the fee and underpay the H1-B visa holders even more to make up the difference.
They’re indentured servants. They can’t quit or they risk being deported by an increasingly violent ICE.
According to the article there’s no details on how the fee is to be applied, but it’s certainly not going to workers.
Quite the opposite, thyell recoup it from the workers.
It’s still a $100,000 deterrent, and maybe when news of the degrading working conditions reach the homeland there will be less applicants.
Probably fewer instead
for technology? no. they will simply hire remote outsourcing firms instead of importing people
Doesn’t that contradict their requirement to be in the office??
what
If they’ll outsource the workers overseas, instead of hiring citizens, that would go against their pushes to get everyone to return to the office.
before the pandemic I worked at companies in the office that had overseas teams in India. it’s a common arrangement I think
Most American tech companies have offices in India.
Microsoft alone has at least 10 offices.
Google has 7 offices. 3 of them are in Bangalore. Facebook and Apple have 5 each.
And it’s not just tech. Morgan Stanley has 4 offices in India, JPMC & Goldman Sachs each have 3.
Not really. The desire to under pay people is stronger than the desire to have a workforce in the US.
Also, the term “under pay people” is a complex one. Sure, it might be below average for a US citizen, but a great opportunity for someone from somewhere else.
At the same time, recent headlines about “CS degree holders aren’t guaranteed a job anymore” wouldn’t be happening without the program.
H1Bs were badly abused, companies would post jobs with ridiculous requirements, throw away the resumes they got, and then claim there were no Americans willing and ready, so they neeed that immigrant. It’s driven down wages and jobs.
But the solution wasn’t to axe the program, rather figure out a better solution that doesn’t fuck over Americans.
Makes it hard to use h1bs the way they were supposedly meant to be used; to make it easier to hire talent that can’t be found domestically. It think this will accelerate offshoring even more. I would have preferred the program was just reformed to make gaming the “prevailing wage” requirement harder, and to give h1b workers more freedom so they’re not as easily exploitable.
This is my belief. Companies will hire people in their existing foreign offices and that talent will never come into the US.
It’s a $100k fee, not a $100k minimum salary. Meaning it will be that much more expensive to employ them