Why do you think they would not close the position in USA if immigrants are not an option anymore?

If Indian developer cannot obtain a visa in Microsoft they will simply recruit the same person to the office in India.

darth_avocado 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This is anecdote, but majority of the folks that Microsoft has on H1B from India are people who were hired in India in the first place and were allowed to move over because it was “worth it”. Microsoft specifically will be fine with Indian H1Bs even if they don’t want to pay $100k.

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onlypassingthru 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

If it's so easy to recruit for the Indian office, why go through the trouble of getting an H1-B in the first place?

	▲	ponector 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Same reason why they go through all troubles to force RTO: to keep people around in the office to justify position of the manager.
	▲	dboreham 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The timezone difference between the west coast and India is pretty brutal for close collaboration. Argentina for example is much easier.