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That idea is covered in the bottom of the article. The problem is that it also biases towards much more senior roles. One scenario we generally want to handle
by fishtoaster 3y ago
That idea is covered in the bottom of the article.
The problem is that it also biases towards much more senior roles.
One scenario we generally want to handle is: a person comes to the US, gets an advanced degree in a high-demand field at a US university... and then is immediately kicked back to their country of origin. H1Bs can help that person stay here and put down roots. But a fresh college grad is never going to be able to compete in a salary-based auction like you're describing, so pretty much all young, ambitious, well-educated people will get the boot.
- janalsncm 3y agoCompanies might be forced to hire Americans for junior software engineering positions instead of claiming they “can’t find any” qualified applicants. Fine print: qualified applicant must be willing to work at lower salaries and than their experience would otherwise demand on the open market.
- belltaco 3y agoThey will just setup offices in Canada instead and hire the exact same people like it already been happening a lot since the last administration. US's economy will lose out because tech workers earn and spend a lot.
- janalsncm 3y agoThey could try, but Canada’s talent pool is a lot smaller than the U.S.
- belltaco 3y agoCanada has very liberal immigration policies for tech workers compared to the US, so the same folks that arrive on H1B to the US go to Canada instead from their home countries and are hired there by US companies. No super long green card queue, and citizenship only takes 3 years after getting a green card instead of 5. Microsoft started a large Vancouver office right across the border. For team cohesion in large teams they're more likely to hire additional folks there rather than in the US. The time zones are the same as the US. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-04-20/h-1b-workers-are-leaving-trump-s-america-for-the-canadian-dream https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-04-20/h-1b-work... https://www.businessinsider.com/h-1b-visa-rejects-moving-to-canada-2019-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/h-1b-visa-rejects-moving-to-... That'd be turbocharged if there's actual H1B restrictions or bans. Canada even started a program recently that directly targets H1B workers being pushed out of the US and it was oversubscribed very soon. https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2023/07/02/canadas-immigration-rules-boost-companies-and-h-1b-visa-holders/?sh=24aa2af47dd7 https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2023/07/02/canad...