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I'm always amazed at the vitrol that comes from the people in the Pro-H1B denomination. You guys sometimes make the Protectionist denomination seem quaint. 1)
by thetrumanshow 13y ago
I'm always amazed at the vitrol that comes from the people in the Pro-H1B denomination. You guys sometimes make the Protectionist denomination seem quaint.
1) You SHOULD disallow that. Why tolerate a system that creates incentives for that kind of abuse.
2) "dirty immigrant bastards" - You're assigning a point of view that the commenter isn't advocating at all. Protectionism is generally more about looking into the future and being scared for your ability to continue at your standard of living and less about disliking certain kinds of people.
And to add my own anecdote to this discussion without siding with anyone else's viewpoint (because I'm a special snowflake with my own nuanced opinions): I've worked at companies that chronically underpay H1B workers. The ones that got fair pay were the ones that were brave enough to demand it.
- eshvk 13y ago> And to add my own anecdote to this discussion without siding with anyone else's viewpoint (because I'm a special snowflake with my own nuanced opinions): I've worked at companies that chronically underpay H1B workers. The ones that got fair pay were the ones that were brave enough to demand it. That is really a different issue. The law says that there is a baseline salary to be met. Now anything above that is what the employee should be negotiating. There are enough American/women/$minority engineers who get underpaid because they suck at negotiating. That doesn't necessarily mean discrimination exists.
- zpk 13y agoYou summed it up, I can't agree more. Not to mention the next STEM bill was written by the companies themselves. Policies for people, written by corporations. Clearly this is a good thing for us long term.