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Tech’s Increasing Dependence on Foreign Students, in Six Charts
- dvtrn 6y agoAs tech companies’ use of H1-B visas has risen, so too has the size of their overall workforce. The directionality is unclear — did they seek out foreign workers to fill talent gaps from the American population, or did their use of foreign workers allow them to grow in the first place? A question I find myself pondering quite often, as I watch divisions adjacent to mine boast and beat chest at company All-Hands about "growth" in our global/off-shore teams while simultaneously dragging their feet on making commensurate investments on bringing furloughed workers back or investing in back-filling roles that have gone abandoned for quarters on end.