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I work for a company that employs a lot of foreign workers. They don't do it because of a "skills shortage," they do it because they don't want to pay higher sa

I work for a company that employs a lot of foreign workers. They don't do it because of a "skills shortage," they do it because they don't want to pay higher salaries. Every American programmer they hire is underpaid and the rest refuse to exchange their highly skilled labor for working class wages.

bobosha 12y ago
If what you say is true, you should report it to the authorities , especially immigration enforcement. They cannot legally pay lower salaries than prevailing market wages.
- sethammons 12y ago
  Not sure why you are being down-voted. H1b employees are to be paid prevailing market wages. I'm on my phone, otherwise I'd find the link that can be used to get that wage amount.
- PhoenixWright 12y ago
  I've thought about it. I've seen these papers they legally have to post for a period of time basically saying they can't find an American worker for the job and have applied for a guest worker visa. It doesn't have a number to call however. If you want to say that's not the case you have to ask for the full application from reception which I'm not going to do. They also only post the announcement for a couple of days instead of the weeks listed. The idea that they can't hire Americans is BS because I've been part of the interview process with great devs who I never see again because the company wouldn't pay a fair salary.
rabino 12y ago
I'm a foreign (from your standpoint) remote developer working for an american company. I make average salary for a developer (in the U.S.) because my company understands that the fact that I'm working from my home in south america doesn't make me less qualified that someone working from his home in Minnesota or Florida. My point being, skill level != physical location. My even more tl;dr: find a better company to work for.

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I work for a company that employs a lot of foreign workers. They don't do it because of a "skills shortage," they do it because they don't want to pay higher sa

by PhoenixWright 12y ago

bobosha 12y ago
If what you say is true, you should report it to the authorities , especially immigration enforcement. They cannot legally pay lower salaries than prevailing market wages.
- sethammons 12y ago
  Not sure why you are being down-voted. H1b employees are to be paid prevailing market wages. I'm on my phone, otherwise I'd find the link that can be used to get that wage amount.
- PhoenixWright 12y ago
  I've thought about it. I've seen these papers they legally have to post for a period of time basically saying they can't find an American worker for the job and have applied for a guest worker visa. It doesn't have a number to call however. If you want to say that's not the case you have to ask for the full application from reception which I'm not going to do. They also only post the announcement for a couple of days instead of the weeks listed. The idea that they can't hire Americans is BS because I've been part of the interview process with great devs who I never see again because the company wouldn't pay a fair salary.
rabino 12y ago
I'm a foreign (from your standpoint) remote developer working for an american company. I make average salary for a developer (in the U.S.) because my company understands that the fact that I'm working from my home in south america doesn't make me less qualified that someone working from his home in Minnesota or Florida. My point being, skill level != physical location. My even more tl;dr: find a better company to work for.