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These stories are bought and paid for, to pressure lawmakers to make it easer to hire H1Bs and/or offshore to lower wages. Much like recent stories about the s
by mixmastamyk 2y ago
These stories are bought and paid for, to pressure lawmakers to make it easer to hire H1Bs and/or offshore to lower wages. Much like recent stories about the shortage of engineers or workers in general. Shortage of suckers willing to work below market, that is. None of these companies will consider training existing engineers for a month either.
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- formerlurker 2y agoI agree. H1Bs are akin to indentured servants who do not have the ability to vote. Meanwhile, employers make large payments to politicians to keep the status quo. What I dislike most is the cheating from H1Bs though. My friend in an AZ university described how foreigners were known to cheat on their exams based the clique of the country they came from. Similarly, I met an H1Bs who sends his work to Indian cheaper workers even though it is supposed to be confidential. They also collude to get their family and friends into the U.S. Bloomberg news covered it recently, https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-cognizant-h1b-visas-discriminates-us-workers/ https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-cognizant-h1b-visas-...