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What about the solution where the quota is filled after ordering by salaries? With a provision that a salary cannot be lowered while on the visa, or re-ordering
by sershe 8y ago
What about the solution where the quota is filled after ordering by salaries? With a provision that a salary cannot be lowered while on the visa, or re-ordering and re-filtering with combined quota including new workers every year (i.e. mix previous year quota, and the new one, order by salaries, keep 2x quota, potentially revoking some visas - although this might be disruptive to the worker).
This might disadvantage the startups paying in speculative stock options though... not sure what to do about that, any provisions making it easier to bring people in based on vague promises under a salary-based system seem ripe for exploitation.
Disclaimer: I'm a former L1, although I'm pretty sure I would've also "made it" under H1-salary-system above.
- amf12 8y ago> What about the solution where the quota is filled after ordering by salaries? Employers in California will win, employers in say Tennessee will lose out. If comp is being considered, then they should also consider the COL.
- pishpash 8y agoThat's relatively easy to solve, you can reference to the local prevailing wage.
- r00fus 8y agoOr make the pool proportional by state population.
- kevin_thibedeau 8y agoFederal COLA stats would be better as they aren't gamed by employers.
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoOr just use the same CoL adjustment mechanism the federal government uses for its employees
- screye 8y agoThat is because wages are not directly representative of skill or demand. Cities are more expensive than small town, and wages go up. Software is a lot more profitable per capita, and thus give higher wages. Then again, there is the startup problem you mention. I am in favor of a point based system, over the mess we have now, but a trivial.implementation could do more harm than good. Companies should have to make clear distinction between contracting jobs and full time positions. Salaries should be normalized by COL/Taxes. My unpopular opinion, is that there should be standardized testing (or reuse GRE, TOEFL). In my experience, it id a good proxy for a person's capabilities. Points on education attaintment are obvious, but they should also take into account the country where they received their education, the course itself and the standing of the university. ( in broad strokes like R1,R2) I am strongly in favor of allowing easier Visa transfer . Should stop any Corp. from underpaying an immigrant, because they know the employee is stuck with them.
- r00fus 8y agoWages ARE representative of the tax collected. At the very least there should be some upward push to increase salaries to limit the attractiveness of body-shopping and undercutting the native labor force.
- screye 8y ago> At the very least there should be some upward push to increase salaries to limit the attractiveness of body-shopping and undercutting the native labor Absolutely. No question there.
- nradov 8y agoWages are directly representative of demand. That's how markets work.