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Wow - look at the arrogance here: "there are no worker protections to prevent companies from firing American workers, replacing them with H-1B’s, and even forc
by Nutmog 11y ago
Wow - look at the arrogance here:
"there are no worker protections to prevent companies from firing American workers, replacing them with H-1B’s, and even forcing them to train their replacements"
Another name for "worker shortage" is "high wages". You can't fix one without fixing the other at the same time.
If high priced workers are replaced with cheaper ones then all else being equal, it means the company is operating more efficiently. Isn't that a good thing? Good for the economy, good for consumers and only bad for the overpaid workers. What does he expect? That workers who demand more than the market rate should have their jobs protected so they don't feel bad about the economy changing around them? Even at the expense of everyone else?
- bsder 11y ago> That workers who demand more than the market rate should have their jobs protected so they don't feel bad about the economy changing around them? Even at the expense of everyone else? I demand a market rate of zero. Now do you see the problem? Everybody loves capitalism--until they're on the receiving end.
- CoryAmber 11y agoThe referenced article presents a case that there is no STEM worker shortage and supports it with referenced statistics and studies. You may dispute his data, but he did provide it. Stating a position on the assumption that there is a serious problem with excessive or high wages, i.e. overpaid workers which requires immediate fixing is an odd leap. What workers are demanding more that the market rate? There is a market rate with a 1/4 million H1-Bs and there is a market rate without a 1/4 million H1-Bs. Any worker which demands more than the market rate will not get it. And what is the expense of everyone else referring too? It is substantially a zero sum game. Who are the else?