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A problem with the H1-B visa program is the abuse of firms such as Disney in FL, Southern California Edison, and Abbott Pharmaceuticals that have used H1-B work
by davidf18 10y ago
A problem with the H1-B visa program is the abuse of firms such as Disney in FL, Southern California Edison, and Abbott Pharmaceuticals that have used H1-B workers to replace Americans at lower cost. In fact, even the Clinton Foundation has hired (or attempted to hire) H1-B instead of Americans.
The H1-B is supposed to be used only in the case that an American can't be found to do the job. Americans can do IT. Other firms hire H1-B workers to save money using foreigners in place of Americans. Thus the hostility towards H1-B. I think it is highly unlikely that there are even 30,000 jobs per year where American where there is no American to do the job. Some obscure areas of science, for example. In many cases the Americans could be trained to do the specific job.
My great grandparents came over and started a company but I don't recall knowing that they got any preferential treatment coning to this country.
- tejasd 10y agoThe only reason H1-Bs are attractive to employers is because the employee is effectively chained to them (through the Green Card process) - which in the case of employers looking to cut costs suppresses wages. I think the best solution is to decouple the work visa and green card like Canada - and hand over more control to the employees. It will solve a lot of problems! Canada also does the Labor Market Opinions/US-PERM Certification in the visa phase instead of the Green Card phase in the US - which can theoretically cut down on the abuse of H1-Bs by companies like Disney via. consultancies.
- davidf18 10y agoActually, they are also attractive to employers because under the current rules, they can offer H1-B workers lower than the prevailing wage so they save money that way as well. Also, in most of the cases, as I pointed out in my comment, there are Americans that can do the jobs which violates the conditions of the H1-B.
- PacketPaul 10y agoA good example is Google. How many H1-B visas does Google employ? Why? They are the premier company in the US. They have their pick of employees. The idea they cannot find qualified employees is laughable. They want to keep rates low. Period.
- qaq 10y agoGoogle very actively employees people from outside US given all the BS in US Immigration system they usually move them to UK or Switzerland or whatever dev center that has much more reasonable options.