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IronLionZion

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22. There are opportunities for Dems to reform this in a liberal way

Wed Mar 31, 2021, 02:19 PM

Mar 2021

by regulating the companies who abuse the visas and their contract workers. The real cost savings for H1B visas in IT contracting is to have people relocate frequently in a temp agency style without reimbursing them for any of their tremendous expenses like lease breakage. Employees and most Americans would not tolerate that but H-1Bs do what they have to do.

Contracting is the real problem here. That's what fuels the myth that H1Bs are replacing Americans. The reality is companies are replacing employees with contractors who are treated badly by contracting firms in a way that Americans won't put up with.

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Biden to Let Trump's H1-B Visa Ban Expire in Win for Tech [View all] DonViejo Mar 2021 OP

Lift the ban Jimbo S Mar 2021 #1

+1000 wcast Mar 2021 #24

I agree rockfordfile Apr 2021 #29

Excellent! That way Microsoft, Google & Facebook won't have to hire older Americans RainCaster Mar 2021 #2

Yeah... not sure I agree with this one. MoonchildCA Mar 2021 #3

Bad Look for American Workers 4Q2u2 Mar 2021 #4

Not the best idea at the current unemployment level. n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2021 #5

It depends on the area William Seger Mar 2021 #12

I have seen it misused extensively Lithos Mar 2021 #13

It appears that what consulting companies are doing to justify H1-B visas is... William Seger Mar 2021 #16

Let me fill in some blanks. discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2021 #27

No it doesn't I have seen abuses for decades now...Americans need jobs period. Demsrule86 Apr 2021 #30

Profits first, people second inwiththenew Mar 2021 #6

Tech workers from foreign countries maliaSmith Mar 2021 #7

hear, hear! infullview Mar 2021 #9

This has happened twice in my family. CrispyQ Mar 2021 #20

Yup, very very few H1B jobs couldn't be filled conventionally Amishman Mar 2021 #26

This is about the only thing T***p did that I agreed with infullview Mar 2021 #8

From a European viewpoint, it's quite similar. I worked with a guy OnDoutside Mar 2021 #10

They should continue the itcfish Mar 2021 #11

"I'm not against immigration, I'm against illegal immigration" and other bullshit mathematic Mar 2021 #14

No it can't. This is a legal way to undercut American workers and it needs to stop. Demsrule86 Apr 2021 #31

You say "No" yet in another post you blame immigrants for putting "Americans" out of jobs mathematic Apr 2021 #35

I never said that. I said H1B visa workers are putting Americans out of jobs and I saw it at HP and Demsrule86 Apr 2021 #36

Excellent news. Our high tech would suffer without H-1B engineers from India, China, Brazil, Europe iluvtennis Mar 2021 #15

It is the cost of living in the Bay Area. forkol Mar 2021 #19

The Bay Area is not the end-all-be-all of Tech Lithos Mar 2021 #23

The real problem is education debt discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2021 #28

"Workers are fungibles and can be replaced by cheaper replicas" dalton99a Mar 2021 #17

As long as H1-B visas are so easily obtainable ripcord Mar 2021 #18

Good, now allow them to immigrate here. joshcryer Mar 2021 #21

Wow, what a great idea...put more Americans out of work... Demsrule86 Apr 2021 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author intrepidity Apr 2021 #34

There are opportunities for Dems to reform this in a liberal way IronLionZion Mar 2021 #22

It is not a myth. H1b visa's are bad period. They lower salaries and cause older workers and younger Demsrule86 Apr 2021 #33

Not really a good idea considering all facets DENVERPOPS Mar 2021 #25

a big LOSS for the American worker WarGamer Apr 2021 #37

A win for tech profits and a big loss for American tech workers. milestogo Apr 2021 #38

Most of the Tata and Infosys work is done off-shore Buckeyeblue Apr 2021 #39

The tech picture of offshore and foreign nationals working with US companies covers a spectrum discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2021 #40

This is why people form unions to protect themselves. Yavin4 Apr 2021 #41