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If there's nothing special about them, why are companies hiring them? The usual "cheap workarz" angle is irrelevant. They all get market rates. Not to mention
by insuffi 12y ago
If there's nothing special about them, why are companies hiring them?
The usual "cheap workarz" angle is irrelevant. They all get market rates. Not to mention businesses having to sponsor relocation and the actual visas.
Surely you're not suggesting a business would bear H1B related overhead for no reason, unless they would be forced to do so.
- djb_hackernews 12y agoI don't fault for employers for using the system they are given to cut costs, but that's all it is. I'd be fine if it were an immigration visa, but these worker visa programs have no oversight and there is no conversation at the decision making level representing the american worker. the cheap labor angle isn't irrelevant just because you say so. It's been documented that a) there are plenty of STEM graduates b) H1B workers are under paid[0] [0] https://www.google.com/#q=h1b+workers+underpaid https://www.google.com/#q=h1b+workers+underpaid
- insuffi 12y agoAlright, I stand corrected. Do you think it's worth the time/opportunity cost/H1B costs/lawyers as opposed to hiring a local worker, if there's not something else going on?
- lhc- 12y agoIt doesnt really matter what he thinks, the evidence and the lobbying by the biggest H1B consumers suggests that it is very worth it.
- chetanahuja 12y agohttp://news.cnet.com/Some-H-1B-workers-underpaid,-federal-auditors-say/2100-1022_3-6087367.html http://news.cnet.com/Some-H-1B-workers-underpaid,-federal-au... "Those certifications represented far less than 1 percent of the approximately 960,000 H-1B applications approved by the U.S. Department of Labor between 2002 and 2005" Sorry, that's terribly weak sauce for an argument.