I know a lot of other tech guys and none of their companies had any issues getting as many H1-Bs as they wanted before, during or after the visa ban.
What I did see was that the paper work was so screwed up that a few folks got sent home because their renewals weren't approved, but they weren't replaced with local talent, it was another H1-B.
Not that I'm happy about this, but give that Biden is right of center at best this is what I expected. At least we're getting a real stimulus [fark.com] out of him (near as I can tell all of the $1.9 trillion is going to people and not corporations, in as much as it can ever do that). Plus he's moving to have Iran take over our role in Afghanistan (go look up Beau of the Fifth Column on YouTube if you want to understand why that's a good thing, he'll explain it better than I ever could).
So compromises. I don't seem to have lost anything that wasn't lip service and I've gained a bit.
The places that are H1-B heavy are just stacking bodies and/or looking for slave labor. Obviously there are some _extremely well qualified_ H1-Bs that are above me in education and talent, but those the exception.
If management is looking for their best ROI and not body count, then the average H1-B doesn't affect me directly, although they probably do have a general impact on salaries. I don't particularly want to work for places that abuse the H1-B system again anyway.
more bodies mean depressed wages in the jobs H1-Bs take. That in turn means more people gunning for you job.
Sure, not every American who loses a job to an H1-B can do what you do, but a few will bust their asses and get the training and education to do it because the alternative will be a drastic reduction in their quality of life (up to and including homelessness).
Bosses will see more folk trying to get jobs like yours and look to cut your pay and benefits. Maybe they'll do it directly when the nex
My idea of roughing it is when room service is late.
It didn't really seem to matter (Score:3)
What I did see was that the paper work was so screwed up that a few folks got sent home because their renewals weren't approved, but they weren't replaced with local talent, it was another H1-B.
Not that I'm happy about this, but give that Biden is right of center at best this is what I expected. At least we're getting a real stimulus [fark.com] out of him (near as I can tell all of the $1.9 trillion is going to people and not corporations, in as much as it can ever do that). Plus he's moving to have Iran take over our role in Afghanistan (go look up Beau of the Fifth Column on YouTube if you want to understand why that's a good thing, he'll explain it better than I ever could).
So compromises. I don't seem to have lost anything that wasn't lip service and I've gained a bit.
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The places that are H1-B heavy are just stacking bodies and/or looking for slave labor. Obviously there are some _extremely well qualified_ H1-Bs that are above me in education and talent, but those the exception.
If management is looking for their best ROI and not body count, then the average H1-B doesn't affect me directly, although they probably do have a general impact on salaries. I don't particularly want to work for places that abuse the H1-B system again anyway.
Sure they do (Score:3)
Sure, not every American who loses a job to an H1-B can do what you do, but a few will bust their asses and get the training and education to do it because the alternative will be a drastic reduction in their quality of life (up to and including homelessness).
Bosses will see more folk trying to get jobs like yours and look to cut your pay and benefits. Maybe they'll do it directly when the nex