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Good luck retraining people from some arbitrary department to fill the role of a PhD researcher, for example, on very short notice. Workers have specific qualif
by vinay427 7y ago
Good luck retraining people from some arbitrary department to fill the role of a PhD researcher, for example, on very short notice. Workers have specific qualifications so they are not freely transferrable.
- bsder 7y agoTough. If you really need an H1-B, then apparently you had best not lay off those people, hmmmm? The calculation is up to the people in charge. Suspending H1-Bs simply tips the cost benefit ratio.
- dmode 7y agoSo are you saying that you cannot lay off sales people if they have data scientists on H1 ? Got it
- bsder 7y agoAyup. You get to keep what you got, but no more. If your H1-B's are that valuable, then maybe you can find something else for those salespeople to do, eh?
- vinay427 7y agoI was under the impression that your idea would more naturally fix the problem of some H1B holders being underpaid and preferred over citizens/PRs. It seems like you actually meant it to be punitive targeting any company that uses H1Bs.
- bsder 7y agoIt's a bit of both--frontend and backend. Part of it is do you REALLY need that H1-B in preference to a domestic worker since any layoff you incur will block your access to that pipeline for the next (n) years. That is a calculation at hiring--aka frontend. Then, once you have employed an H1-B, you're going to have some reticence to pull the layoff lever as that will now block your H1-B pipeline. That is a calculation at layoff--aka backend. If your H1-B's are actually, genuinely valuable, the calculations are a business decision. If, however, you are using H1-B's to displace workers and then lay them off, that's going to grind to a halt really quickly.