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Or you could stop tying H-1Bs to employers, meaning that there's less incentive to do the work to bring "mid level talent" in at below market rates, because tho
by rtpg 1y ago
Or you could stop tying H-1Bs to employers, meaning that there's less incentive to do the work to bring "mid level talent" in at below market rates, because those people would immediately find a job at market rates.
There's a straightforward solution here. Right now H-1Bs are a way for companies to lock in employees by leveraging the visa status.
- tomp 1y agoThe problem with your solution (and similar solutions - e.g. implementing "salary auction" for H1B - i.e. it's not a lottery, but it's that the most paid get the visa) is: It requires changing the law. Which is very difficult, and requires a broad coalition in 2 houses of parliament. On the other hand, executive orders are very easy. I wish the better solutions get implemented, but until they are, we have to seek alternatives.
- rtpg 1y ago> Which is very difficult, and requires a broad coalition in 2 houses of parliament. In the current moment the same party controls all three branches of government. There's a more basic reality that the idea I'm mentioning simply wouldn't be popular. I just think that people talk about market forces in these discussions and the lock-in effect is so clearly something that's affecting the market, yet not mentioned nearly enough IMO.