H1B engineers are the coal that powers Qualcomm's furnace, and they're treated like coal as well. They're underpaid for their positions, tremendously overworke

H1B engineers are the coal that powers Qualcomm's furnace, and they're treated like coal as well. They're underpaid for their positions, tremendously overworked, and when they don't win the H1B lottery for their renewal, they're simply swapped out with people who did. Tying one's ability to legally reside in a country to their employment is cruel at best, and damaging to the broader economy at worst. This doesn't benefit ANY workers - if these workers had some basic rights, or an actual decent pathway to legal residency (not tied to their employer), they'd be better able to demand market wages, and wouldn't depress the wages of their American peers. The only people benefiting from this nonsensical immigration scheme are the shareholders of the companies who exploit it.