Many companies do this. I used to work at Apple, where they exploited the hell out of H1-B workers "instead of hiring US citizens". This happens in Sunnyvale, C

Many companies do this. I used to work at Apple, where they exploited the hell out of H1-B workers "instead of hiring US citizens". This happens in Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Santa Clara, and San Francisco (and probably many other parts of the country). Much of this takes place in their IT org: "IS&T" as well as the org that contains iTunes: "Apple Media Products" aka "AMP". They prefer to have foreign workers who can be removed and replaced on a whim. It helps create an environment where people are constantly doing "extra" work to show that they should be converted from contractor to employee (which is many contractors dream, bc if they become and H1-B directly at Apple, they'll be free from the tax that the consulting agencies take from their salary, and it also provides mobility if they aren't as beholden to the consulting agency). It also helps keep salaries low. The IS&T org alone is above 10,000 employees, and there are more contractors than employees by roughly 2.5:1. I would estimate the number of H1B workers in the IS&T org alone would be greater than the total number of H1B workers at Cisco. Apple uses shell contracting agencies, like Tata, Wipro, Infosys, Accenture, etc, so that they don't have to report the number of H1-B's that they have. Also, many of these engineers skill level is an insult to the engineering industry. If you couple that with severe communication/ESL problems, it's a wonder why any American engineer would work for Apple in these orgs. It's not that there isn't local talent available. It's that the companies are just too cheap. Nobody working there speaks up to hold them accountable, because they believe they're just lucky to have a job at Apple in the first place.