I think big companies do abuse the system, but I manage a small company and in 30+ years we've used H-1B's 3 times. Each time it was to get someone that we cou

I think big companies do abuse the system, but I manage a small company and in 30+ years we've used H-1B's 3 times. Each time it was to get someone that we could not find in the US. Yes, we are a small company (~30 people) and in a niche market, but each time, the person we found was 10x better than the nearest candidate. And each time we paid the person as well as we paid US employees.