@dannypasquel
I'm an American software engineer, and the #1 problem I have with H1-B is the fact that visa holders can't easily switch jobs. Companies prioritize H1-B visa holders because they can't easily quit. It should be an open visa so they're competing on equal footing with American engineers
@QuanLe-lx7iw
Yes, it is the End of H-1B and the beginning of Mass Outsourcing. Money will flow outside of US. Congratulations!
@dannypasquel1923
H-1B workers are not more skilled or better prepared than Americans, they are more malleable and easy to manage according to current corporate standards than Americans. When your income, living situation and immigration status in the world’s biggest economy depend on your boss, what aren’t you willing to do?
@k21j75
As an indian myself I want to tell you that there are lot of job opportunities in India and Indians are going to usa because moving to USA is considered as being successful and an achievement among Indians, and American companies are exploiting both those h1b Indians and American system because they can get cheap labour and not worry about breaking American labour laws because Indians don't mind being exploited as long as they can stay in usa. So both are getting benefits at the cost of American citizens.
@jbond008
Bottom line is this whole thing is driven from need for companies to maximize profits, it has nothing to do with high skills. They have moved tech jobs to offshore especially to India or imported workers from India for jobs where work cannot be offshored.
@Christian-ct9iu
I've been forced to train H-1B workers and overseas team at a majority of places I have worked. Its a racket. You innovate and simplify and corporate pivots tasks to cheaper labor - every time.
@lbenegas
In front of same work performed, it is a bit disgusting to know that for the simple fact that you have H1B visa, they pay 30% less. Isn't that a type of discrimination?
@robomage01
I've been in meetings of 20+ people and im the only native citizen. They are simply cheaper to employ and entirely dependent on the company
@edgonzalez229
It’s frustrating to hear about a ‘tech/skilled worker shortage’ in developed countries when there are hundreds of thousands of highly skilled professionals—ranging from engineers to PhD graduates—who are unemployed or underemployed. Often, it seems companies are prioritizing lower costs over investing in the existing talent pool.
@QuanLe-lx7iw
Once the CTO or CIO is an Indian, 98% will be Indians the next year. The other 2% is US Citizens who were born in India. 😂
@manse8039
Where did the CEOs of the biggest tech companies, Nvidia, Microsoft, and Google, come from?
@yb6036
Ok so this is what we’re supposed to believe. We are neck and neck with China in terms of best computer science programs in the world. We’ve invented the vast majority of the tech that the industry is actively hiring in. Somehow, the millions of US students who’ve spent trillions in tuition at the worlds best compsci programs can’t do the work, even though their professors are often the same ones who invented the tech in the first place. Therefore, almost all of the people who are supposedly the world’s only capable workers in these fields come from India. A country with zero tech innovation and no compsci programs anywhere near the top 100 globally. Definitely not a scam.
@macksoneh
Who really benefits the most from the H1-B program? What's the elephant in the room that no one is talking about? It's the offshore recruiting companies, who reap bigger profits by favoring H1-B candidates, who are often less qualified, over talented domestic tech workers.
@selahattinhancer8975
It is time to stop h1 visa, American citizens are struggling to find a job
@AzizMohammed
H1B Visa should never have been the issue. What should have been debated is the amount of business outsourced to India, which is valued between $200 -$250 billion annually.
@SundarbansCompanySite
How can you stop? especially offshoring and outsourcing?
@TheBobbyy
Put a cap on H1B workforce for every employer. No more than 10% of total workforce including full timers and contractors should be H1B. And as intended, these 10% must be highly skilled, and not the cheap labor with fake profiles and references from their (South Indian) community. Mandate employers to report workforce details quarterly and audit it to keep them in check.
@512Bytes
I work from the Dominican Republic and get paid $2,000 USD as an engineer remotely. Many companies are just hiring people from abroad, as they demand less and costs less.
@Kokopellli
Not true, H1B brought not the best but the cheapest, 90% of H1B engineers let’s say from India are poorly educated, but will work 24/7 for food.
@tekinsal8396