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> What reasons are there to decline a visa to a PhD employed in a critical industry? Protectionism of course. The fear is that companies are looking for cheape
by jayd16 3y ago
> What reasons are there to decline a visa to a PhD employed in a critical industry?
Protectionism of course. The fear is that companies are looking for cheaper foreign labor. Ironically, when allowing some visas with many strings you end up with indentured servants that push labor prices down, not up.
A train of thought is that there's no such thing as a labor shortage, only employers unwilling to pay for labor. Of course it's all very complicated. Attracting top talent is also good.
It's not easy to know what the perfect policy is but there are lots of arguments to sort through.
- dudus 3y agoAnd yet there are plenty of companies that openly exploit the visa system to bring cheap labor. Just check the top companies with the most H1Bs and you'll see a lot of consulting firms.
- delfinom 3y agoI remember when I was just out of college looking at jobs. I forget which H1B consulting farm it was that emailed me(a citizen), but they were advertising a "Full-time salary job" doing software engineering in NYC, $39k/year. Yea...no shit they won't get any takers and will use that as evidence to hire H1Bs.