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Requiring competitive wages is a good move. They should also have allowed H1B holders to switch to a different employer without requiring a new visa. Along with
by flowerlad 6y ago
Requiring competitive wages is a good move. They should also have allowed H1B holders to switch to a different employer without requiring a new visa. Along with that they should also have increased the number of H1B visas available.
Currently many strong developers are being hired into Amazon and Microsoft but being positioned in Vancouver BC (a Canadian city a couple of hours from Seattle) [1]. These developers take American jobs but pay taxes to Canada, and contribute to Canadian economy instead of American.
[1] https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/industry-news/property-report/article-vancouvers-emerging-tech-sector-poised-for-accelerated-growth/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/industry-news/prope...
- dmode 6y agoOffering competitive wages has always been part of H1 requirement
- pseudalopex 6y agoIn theory.[1] [1] https://www.epi.org/publication/h-1b-visas-and-prevailing-wage-levels/ https://www.epi.org/publication/h-1b-visas-and-prevailing-wa...
- bduerst 6y agoEPI is a Washington think tank funded by American labor unions. I wouldn't take anything they publish about foreign labor seriously, especially how they cherry pick stats on that report.
- pseudalopex 6y agoWhat is misleading about the report? Who would you take seriously?
- vsskanth 6y agoYou need to pass laws for all that. Even this regulation surviving legal challenges is doubtful.
- blazespin 6y agoI think if corps want to have revenue in different countries, they should consider having employees in different countries. Certainly, if amazon wants to have a CA website, I'd be all in favor of booting them out of they don't have employees in canada.