Workers on vias, H1Bs aren't really affected by remote work too much. They are affected by the rules that the administration has put in place around them. Visas

Workers on vias, H1Bs aren't really affected by remote work too much. They are affected by the rules that the administration has put in place around them. Visas are not being issued currently (I've got one co-worker stranded in his home country when he was getting ready to do his final GC interview). This really means that individuals on existing visas won't move jobs, foreign students graduating won't be able to get jobs within the US, and foreign citizens won't be able to get jobs within the US. Essentially, a significant portion of engineers in the hiring pool are no longer available. This may result in high engineer pay, although that's probably cancelled out by the number of companies who've had to do large layoffs.