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...which would suck for the supply chain expert hired at some company's Kentucky logistics center. And yay for the software engineer in SF?
by shas3 11y ago
...which would suck for the supply chain expert hired at some company's Kentucky logistics center. And yay for the software engineer in SF?
- dibujante 11y agoBreak it out by state?
- arh68 11y agoIt could be based on federal GS locality pay: $135,750 in SF would be equivalent to $114,350 in KY. There'd be no need for quotas per state. [1] https://www.federalpay.org/gs/locality https://www.federalpay.org/gs/locality
- TimJRobinson 11y agoThere could be x visas per state or area, relative to demand for the visa in that area. Then only the top paid workers in that area get them.
- eli_gottlieb 11y agoWhy is a Kentucky logistics center entitled to import cheap labor?
- shas3 11y agoHuh? Because you can live a king's life for $100k family income in Kentucky, while you can barely afford rent in Bay Area with the same salary. Also, manufacturing, logistics, have other reasons for being located where they are.
- eli_gottlieb 11y agoI'm not saying the logistics center should relocate. I'm saying that it's not especially deserving of government help in the form of a skilled-labor visa if it's not going to pay as much as someone else. After all, cost-of-living differences aren't accounted-for in the tax return the employee files.
- serge2k 11y agoWell, except they don't have to live in Kentucky.
- gherkin0 11y agoThat's a strange attitude. Immigration is not some weird form of corporate welfare, where corporations have some right to get employee-immigrants at prices they can afford. Honestly, I'd like it if the Kentucky logistics company were forced to pay SF wages. It might help drive up wages for skilled workers in Kentucky.
- shas3 11y agoHow is it corporate welfare? The objective is a legal framework to allow companies to hire skilled international workers: pharma scientists as much as Ruby-on-rails wizards. It is also corporate welfare if you are indirectly loading the die in high-paying SF/NY jobs.