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It seems like a better step towards fixing this h1-b mess is to get rid of the lottery system, and just move towards making companies bid for each slot, with th
by ProfessorLayton 8y ago
It seems like a better step towards fixing this h1-b mess is to get rid of the lottery system, and just move towards making companies bid for each slot, with the "bid" being a salary that goes 100% towards the employee.
This would be win-win-win:
- Companies that truly need the talent will bid highly for a slot.
- H1-b employees will get paid more as quantities are limited.
- H1-b slots will be better utilized towards jobs that actually need specialization, not lower wage work.
- It'll probably be cheaper to "Hire American"
Downsides: Only FAANG and other large companies could afford such a system, but so what? What entitles companies to hire cheap labor anyway? A fix for this could also be to make it more expensive for each additional h1-b slot the company hires, I suppose.
- throwaway37585 8y ago> What entitles companies to hire cheap labor anyway? What entitles you to decide what labor companies hire?
- ProfessorLayton 8y agoJudging by your incendiary comment history on your throwaway account, why should I believe your question is in good faith?
- throwaway37585 8y agoWhich comment do you consider incendiary? And two can play that game. Judging by your incendiary comment history on your account, why should I believe your question is in good faith? I love it when people comment on my account name as if it were some sort of rebuttal. It exposes the lazy thinkers.
- sharpy 8y agoThe only downside would be that almost 100% of the visa allocation would go to IT then. I believe medical field also gets quite a few H1B workers.
- ap3 8y agoAre medical professionals needed or only at a certain cost? I don’t see how the bid system wouldn’t work for doctors and nurses