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The major issue with the H-1B isn't the Indian consultancies, who contribute to some of the more egregious abuses, but the regular tech companies: The Intels, M

The major issue with the H-1B isn't the Indian consultancies, who contribute to some of the more egregious abuses, but the regular tech companies: The Intels, Microsofts, IBMs, EMCs, Googles, Facebooks, Amazons, etc. It's not that they are replacing employees that are citizens it's that they are preferring the H-1B and OPT for open positions. Modern tech corporations have been automated to the point that the biggest cost is labor, so they are now spending a lot of effort to address this cost. The claim that there is a STEM shortage is a myth invented by these corporations in order to lobby and expand these programs. They operate within the letter of the law but not in the spirit, with misleading job advertisements and preferential hiring practices. This becomes a self fullfilling prophecy in that the smart people who are paying attention are driven away from technology.

curiousDog 11y ago
Umm, no. If you've worked at Facebook/Amazon/Google, you'd know that is not true. They do not prefer H1-Bs over citizens. They simply hire people who pass interviews. Also, what makes you think the industry's smartest people aren't working at these companies? I'd say on the contrary, they have the smartest folk in the CS industry at these companies.
mrsharpoblunto 11y ago
Not true, the numbers clearly show that its consultancy companies that take up the vast majority of the H1B quota. http://foreign-employment.findthedata.com/ http://foreign-employment.findthedata.com/ Microsoft is the first big 'tech' company on the list at no. 11 with 3600 applications. Compare that to Infosys which had over 23,000 applications, or Tata with 14,000. Its also conspicuous that the consultancy companies pay much less and seem to apply for drastically less green card labour certs as a percentage of H1B's than the tech companies.

curiousDog 11y ago

Umm, no. If you've worked at Facebook/Amazon/Google, you'd know that is not true. They do not prefer H1-Bs over citizens. They simply hire people who pass interviews. Also, what makes you think the industry's smartest people aren't working at these companies? I'd say on the contrary, they have the smartest folk in the CS industry at these companies.

mrsharpoblunto 11y ago

Not true, the numbers clearly show that its consultancy companies that take up the vast majority of the H1B quota. http://foreign-employment.findthedata.com/ http://foreign-employment.findthedata.com/ Microsoft is the first big 'tech' company on the list at no. 11 with 3600 applications. Compare that to Infosys which had over 23,000 applications, or Tata with 14,000. Its also conspicuous that the consultancy companies pay much less and seem to apply for drastically less green card labour certs as a percentage of H1B's than the tech companies.