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How on earth does a shady, newly founded company with a handful of people manage to hire 8(!) H-1B workers from China? I really feel bad for those workers. Ess
by kennell 10y ago
How on earth does a shady, newly founded company with a handful of people manage to hire 8(!) H-1B workers from China?
I really feel bad for those workers. Essentially they are obeying coding slaves for the company until they eventually get their green card. They can not risk being fired, they will not ask for a raise, they can not easily switch to another job etc. etc.
A native worker like the author is less likely to put up with this kind of BS for very long.
This is unfair for both the foreign workers and native workers. Cases like this really show that the H-1B system is a total joke.
- javienegas 10y agoMany of JobSonic devs have been foreigner students in the US, that allows them to work after their MSc is finished. H1B application (lottery this days) is at the beginning of April, H1Bs granted visas won't be effective until October of the same year. Most of the JobSonic devs started in the end of 2015, therefore they are not H1B visa holders, JobSonic 'probably'(I hope) applied for their H1B visa because they have been students in the U.S. they have more chances of winning the H1B lottery. If the won the lottery, their visas won't be valid until October 2016. There is a quota of 60k H1B per year, and extra 20k for students in U.S. Universities. Edit: So their H1B application (Oct 2016) depends on JobSonic well being, that's why they are not asking about getting paid, because their H1B visas are not valid yet.