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They should assign limits based on salary, lets say 150% of industry standard, not education level. There is no measure of skill less meaningful than a degree.
by travisoneill1 8y ago
They should assign limits based on salary, lets say 150% of industry standard, not education level. There is no measure of skill less meaningful than a degree.
- BeetleB 8y ago>There is no measure of skill less meaningful than a degree. I really don't see how salary is better. A higher salary is simply more correlated with the profitability of a company, not with the skills one has. People doing the same jobs at different companies can have vastly differing salaries. I should know - every time I've bumped up my salary, it's by moving to a position that required lower skills. The market does not pay high for skills. You'll get paid more if you switch from a job that requires advanced mathematics or physics skills to coding web/mobile apps.
- barry-cotter 8y agoJust fill the quota based on salary from highest base salary to lowest until you run out of visas. Who cares about industry standard?
- ab_1717 8y agoThis leads to a problem where locations with generally lower wages, while also needing skilled workers, cannot compete with locations that have generally higher wages.
- zjaffee 8y agoThis would weirdly exert a greater downward pressure on salaries, as companies will have a higher supply of higher skill workers rather than just workers as a whole.
- travisoneill1 8y agoHow would this be a greater downward pressure than now where H1B's are used to undercut?
- zjaffee 8y agoRight now H1B are equally exerting downward pressure on salaries at the top, middle, and bottom of the market. Salaries then in turn are falling by a relatively equal amount for everyone. If it is only targeted at the top, that hurts the ceiling for with people in the industry can earn.