Yep, 100% this. I was in IT during the dot-com bubble burst, and unfortunately, things like H-1B caps are not lowered to accommodate the realities of the job market - or at least not nearly soon enough. And bastard companies were claiming they still needed H-1Bs in the huge downturn where hundreds would apply for the most shitty of low-level web coding jobs. No, they needed that to boost their quarterly earnings and funnel more money to mahogany row instead of paying market rates for the work.
I would think right about now that we need about ZERO H-1Bs in America’s IT market given the way things are. If there really is some crazy niche thing that requires some truly rare talent, okay, sure. But bringing tens of thousands in only to do the same kinds of things people here can do and many of them are jobless? No, fuck that.
How do you feel about people who, as foreign students, have just completed a 4-year degree at an American university and need an H-1B to get a job in and remain in the USA?
What I’m proposing is that people have an easy path to stay and work here, ideally permanently (but of course up to the individual), without the H-1B program being used.
Yep, 100% this. I was in IT during the dot-com bubble burst, and unfortunately, things like H-1B caps are not lowered to accommodate the realities of the job market - or at least not nearly soon enough. And bastard companies were claiming they still needed H-1Bs in the huge downturn where hundreds would apply for the most shitty of low-level web coding jobs. No, they needed that to boost their quarterly earnings and funnel more money to mahogany row instead of paying market rates for the work.
I would think right about now that we need about ZERO H-1Bs in America’s IT market given the way things are. If there really is some crazy niche thing that requires some truly rare talent, okay, sure. But bringing tens of thousands in only to do the same kinds of things people here can do and many of them are jobless? No, fuck that.
How do you feel about people who, as foreign students, have just completed a 4-year degree at an American university and need an H-1B to get a job in and remain in the USA?
What I’m proposing is that people have an easy path to stay and work here, ideally permanently (but of course up to the individual), without the H-1B program being used.