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Yup.... for me it was Amazon. And I was in H-1B back then, so I just put it up with it for a while, until the economy improved. The company had such a weird c
by ardit33 5y ago
Yup.... for me it was Amazon. And I was in H-1B back then, so I just put it up with it for a while, until the economy improved. The company had such a weird culture. It was pretty stressful.
The most insidious thing they did was delay the green card application as much as they could, and just drag things out on purpose. Since I am Albanian/European, I could get it faster as my country is not on the per country cap that Indian and Chinese applicants are. They knew it, as they kept dragging out the first stages of the applications on everything. It was mental abuse.
By 2011, the economy was recovering, and I did switch, but I had to redo all the green card application stuff again.
- mavelikara 5y agoNot many realize this, but having the green card process drag out long has a detrimental effect on the whole job market, not just for the specific immigrant.
- ardit33 5y agoYes, It creates serfs/indentured servitude. Both the H1B visa and GC application should belong to the worker/applicant, with conditions (as long as they are employed with the given salary, pay taxes, etc...). The employee should just be able to do the process themselves, and handle it the papers with their own lawyer. It is clear that the H1B is setup to maximize the benefits to large corps, and not necessary the american economy/people.
- rhexs 5y agoIt’d be nice if there existed any forum that collected these anecdotes. Glassdoor is heavily censored, teamblind requires tying your identity to the account, etc. Lots of toxic workplaces exist and remain unknown outside of rare Twitter threads.