I 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) Bas

I 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.