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> There is something wrong with that. To your employer the system is working as designed.
by djb_hackernews 11y ago
> There is something wrong with that.
To your employer the system is working as designed.
- johnward 11y agoWhat is the benefit? When I look h1b salaries they seem higher than normal but do they no include benefits or something?
- djb_hackernews 11y agoI couldn't really say anything about the H1B program that hasn't already been said (you can see my post history as I've posted about it a few times myself) Basically the way the program is run gives a lot of power to employers and very little power to employees. In terms of salaries there are a few tricks employers use to suppress wages. Wages are set* by the department of labor but the data is very inconsistent which means you can hire someone as a level 4 software engineer with a market salary of 130k or you can hire her as a level 1 systems analyst at 65k... which do you think the employer picks? A big problem besides the nebulousness of it all is there isn't anyone responsible on the other side to verify. * actually employers can submit their own wage data to support the wages given, which is just insane.
- throwaway2048 11y agothe benefit is you get a fully indentured servant, if they dare defy you, they get a one way trip back home.
- vonmoltke 11y agoWhat benefit is there to employers to have people languishing with green cards for years on end? H1B -> permanent resident can be a long process, but it is rarely the longest part of the process. Once they reach the permanent resident stage they are more or less equivalent to a citizen with respect to employment.