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This does not work for non tech, non Silicon Valley employers. Non tech businesses that depend on foreign skilled labor will never be able to compete.
by mlboss 3y ago
This does not work for non tech, non Silicon Valley employers. Non tech businesses that depend on foreign skilled labor will never be able to compete.
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- paxys 3y agoA business depending on foreign labor while offering subpar salaries so no domestic employee wants to work for them is the perfect example of abusing the skilled visa system. If the change makes them unable to compete then great, that's a bonus.
- VirusNewbie 3y agowhy should it?
- nwiswell 3y agoThe real answer? Because non-tech companies pay lobbyists, too.
- adrr 3y agoThey should pay market rates and what stack ranking by salary does is set a market rate for H1B labor. H1B shouldn't be used to get cheaper labor based on your chances with a lottery.
- thereisnospork 3y agoThat's the point - non tech/silicon valley have a lower demonstrable need (salary) and should be able to find indigenous talent by paying appropriately. A COL adjustment wouldn't be an unreasonable modification though.
- jltsiren 3y agoSalaries reflect the ability to capture value, not need or value to the society. There are plenty of highly-paid jobs with effectively zero or even negative net contribution to the society.
- thereisnospork 3y ago>Salaries reflect the ability to capture value, not need or value to the society. There are plenty of highly-paid jobs with effectively zero or even negative net contribution to the society. Politely, society disagrees with your views on what contributes (see: the high salaries).
- jltsiren 3y agoThere are positive-sum, zero-sum, and negative-sum games. Some people (such as scammers) make the society unambigously worse, but they often still get paid for doing their job. Then there is the question of externalities. People working in fields with positive externalities tend to be underpaid, if there are no sufficient mechanisms that allow their employers to capture the value they create. Similarly, people working in fields with negative externalities tend to be overpaid.
- bluedino 3y agoLots of non-tech businesses depend on foreign skilled labor and compete just fine. Mexicans just don't do software.