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You think this only effects IT? You think salary negotiations are somehow immune to those same price pressures when we are dealing with the ppl who mow lawns,
by toast_coder 8y ago
You think this only effects IT?
You think salary negotiations are somehow immune to those same price pressures when we are dealing with the ppl who mow lawns, pick produce, and clean bathrooms?
- dmix 8y agoThe OP likely is talking about tech because it's what he knows. But generally, as a Canadian who has hired immigration lawyers and knows the US immigration process well, you are never getting into the US to "mow lawns, pick produce, and clean bathrooms"... almost all the long term Visas require an advanced degree (4yrs of university) or equivalent in experience in an industry in high demand (doctors, engineers, etc). You may be mistaking illegal immigration with legal.
- Spooky23 8y agoThat’s true of certain visas. There are a variety of different visas. I grew up next to an orchard that almost exclusively used Jamaican guest workers to pick apples and other fruit. Same thing with horse tracks, etc. There is no farm operating at any significant scale that isn’t using migrant labor, mostly legal.
- untog 8y agoThe OP seems to be talking specifically about the H1B visa, which is for speciality occupations. Produce pickers need not apply.
- jl2718 8y agoThere is a website that lists them all. You’d be surprised to see how many H1Bs get paid less than $30k/yr.