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For context, a worker on an H1-B can be in the US for a total 6 years. Within that time frame, their employer can sponsor them for a green card, which allows th
by fay59 5y ago
For context, a worker on an H1-B can be in the US for a total 6 years. Within that time frame, their employer can sponsor them for a green card, which allows them to stay indefinitely and keep the job. However, through the lens of the government, what actually happens in this transition is that the H1-B worker’s job disappears and a new job appears. The H1-B employee must apply to this job and compete fairly with Americans for it. If they come out winning, they can get a green card. Otherwise, the American gets the job and the foreigner goes home, probably. These job offers have to be posted in a variety of ways endorsed by the government.
From my read looking at other articles on the matter (https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/facebook-face-claims-it-created-high-paying-jobs-h-1b-workers-2021-06-08/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/facebook-face-claim...), Facebook is accused of not circulating enough these job postings to and making it too easy for the non-American they already hired to keep their job. They’re not creating jobs that entire populations except the US can see.
- huy-nguyen 5y agoYou're right. What Facebook is accused of is not putting enough effort into recruiting US workers to show that there's no qualified US worker for the Green Card "positions" that H1B workers have to "apply" to.
- pm90 5y agoI don’t think any company does. It’s at best a formality, every company I’ve worked at recognizes it as such.