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It depends; are small startups going through the regulatory hoops to hire H-1Bs at the low end of the engineering pay scale? My opinion is, no, most are not do
by tadfisher 11y ago
It depends; are small startups going through the regulatory hoops to hire H-1Bs at the low end of the engineering pay scale?
My opinion is, no, most are not doing this.
- dominotw 11y agoPeople choose to work for things like equity/mission ect. Sorting people purely by salary very counterintuitive.
- eli_gottlieb 11y agoIt's not counter-intuitive, it's textbook market economics. Your compensation package is your compensation package. You don't get to tell the government they should issue a visa so you can pay someone in missionary zeal.
- sremani 11y agoUnless you have numbers to show about usage of H1-B in start-up and how much share it is of the overall H1-B, its a moot point. It is such a high burden on an early strat-up to hire a H1-B and only post Series A, H1-B makes some sense. In the grand scheme of things, I like the market oriented auction, that will at least eliminate the rent-seekers who are clogging the pipeline.
- hkmurakami 11y agoWhat I've seen based on friends' startups that brought him in people via H1B at seed stage is that I f you already have someone in mind, the time and cost of H1B is much smaller than the time and cost to find a similarly qualified applicant in the states when you are a young company that many of said candidates will find to be an unattractive option to them.