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Its a myth that H1b visa employees are not paid in par with local employees and are hired solely to save/cut costs, you cannot make that allegation without data
by padiyar83 11y ago
Its a myth that H1b visa employees are not paid in par with local employees and are hired solely to save/cut costs, you cannot make that allegation without data that shows the wage gap between H1 vs non H1 workers, keeping all other factors same. Yes some outsourcing companies do pay less, but that's not the industry norm, most companies that hire H1b visa holders as direct employees (as opposed to contracting them from outsourced firms) pay them on par with existing employees if not better.I am a H1b employee from past 7 years and I have always been paid the same as rest of the employees doing that kind of work and was hired for being best amongst those who interviewed for the position and not because I was any cheaper than the next guy who interviewed.
PS: edited to correct a typo.
- djb_hackernews 11y agoI didn't make that allegation, but studies have shown that H1-Bs are underpaid compared to their peers [0][1][2](however I'm positive employers are paying them legally based on the prevailing wage data they've chosen to use to describe the visa holders skills). Plus in simple supply demand economics it's obvious, at least to me. [0] http://www.programmersguild.org/archives/howtounderpay.htm http://www.programmersguild.org/archives/howtounderpay.htm [1] http://cis.org/PayScale-H1BWages http://cis.org/PayScale-H1BWages [2] http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/the-bogus-high-tech-worker-sho/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/the-bogus-high-tech...
- finance-geek 11y agoA major reason my previous employer hired H1s was their inability to easily change jobs. This provided stability to the company. It also provided the H1 workers near-zero ability to quickly jump at opportunities, change jobs, negotiate salary, get raises or anything that typical free agents can do. You basically got to freeze someone's salary for 5 to 8 years.