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If there is wage manipulation via H1-Bs, it's because there's a pressure on the candidate to accept a lower salary, knowing it's the only way to get into the US
by jackweirdy 10y ago
If there is wage manipulation via H1-Bs, it's because there's a pressure on the candidate to accept a lower salary, knowing it's the only way to get into the US to work. As I see it, raising that cap removes the employer's leverage to push for a lower wage.
- hangonhn 10y agoYou think the pool of available talent to replace all those H1Bs is large enough to do it before many tech companies implode or start outsourcing?
- WillPostForFood 10y agoThe best argument for the H-1B is that the jobs would go to the same employee anyway, just back in their home country, but there is probably a sweet spot where you aren't actually incentivizing dumping current US workers and replacing them with H-1Bs.
- jackweirdy 10y agoNot sure I understand you - my point is if you allow twice as many H-1Bs things would get better. Don't see where replacing H-1Bs comes into it?