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As a H1B holder who's also a cancer survivor and suffering from severe health issues, I can tell you it's hell. I cry at least once a week at the fact that I ca
by sg47 5y ago
As a H1B holder who's also a cancer survivor and suffering from severe health issues, I can tell you it's hell. I cry at least once a week at the fact that I cannot take a break without having to destroy my life and my family's life and 20+ years of life built up here. Everything this person said is absolutely true. The high compensation comes at a very high cost. It's not just mental or physical but also moral. You follow some arbitrary process since some higher up decided that it's the best way to measure productivity or performance. You underlevel people because you have to have a high bar. So someone with 20+ years of experience with subject matter expertise (not me) is a 'developing' Principal engineer. You have to hit arbitrary dates with moving goal posts and convince your team that they are doing God's work.
- burntoutfire 5y ago> You underlevel people because you have to have a high bar. > So someone with 20+ years of experience with subject matter expertise (not me) is a 'developing' Principal engineer. If one of your major complaints about work is that some other employees only make $300k while some arbitrary table made by the company says they should be making $400k-$500k, then perhaps you're in a pretty good position overall? In other words - it's a huge organization, of course it's not far from perfect. But, pretty much nothing in life is.
- rcarmo 5y agoUnderleveling people with 20+ years of experience depending on their origin or location is a real thing, and one that HR gets away with too often. My experience is that it contributes to so much pain and churn that it ought to be a legal and compliance offense, but there are no liability factors associated with it, so they keep doing it.
- zamalek 5y agoIt sounds like they are stringing them along with golden handcuffs, also. I always feared losing my job on my L1B (visa with no job mobility), and now that I was rendered redundant, living my greatest fear, I am genuinely happier than before. Golden handcuffs are a living hell.
- hiyer 5y agoJust curious - how come you haven't got a green card or citizenship if you've been there for 20+ years?
- abc_lisper 5y agoPossible if you are from India. I am on the same boat
- mgh2 5y agoUnknown to Americans, the US is still a country run on immigrant "modern slavery". Especially tech companies (most H1B visas)