| ▲ | roarcher 6 hours ago |
| H1B workers are supposed to be people with qualifications that are in short supply in the United States. The unspoken part is that the "qualification" employers are so desperately searching for is usually the willingness to work for peanuts. |
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| ▲ | Balinares 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Isn't H-1B contingent on compensation in line with the local median for the role? |
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| ▲ | redserk 8 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | After graduating college I joined a company that paid generally below-market for everyone and had a significant number of H-1B employees and contractors. The benefits were legendary but the pay was 20-30% lower than what was around. I don’t have evidence of wrongdoing but I’ve occasionally wondered if it was some kind of scheme. | |
| ▲ | _rm 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | It is contingent on you documenting your going through the motions of pretending to keep compensation in line with "the local median". |
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| ▲ | pessimizer 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| This has been "proven wrong" by geniuses pointing out that Americans who work in the same jobs as the H1Bs are also making peanuts. |
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| ▲ | Saline9515 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Then restricting the supply of workers ready to work for peanuts will force companies to raise their salaries to hire. | | |
| ▲ | TechnicalVault 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Or if the job is an outsourceable one that can be provided as a service then they will outsource it to a company overseas and still pay peanuts. The only reason they'll raise wages is if they have to, aka the service cannot be done elsewhere or automated. | | |
| ▲ | Saline9515 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | A lot of jobs require or are better done on-premises, which is why they hire H1-Bs. Outsourcing is already cheaper, by far, especially if you want to go to the third-world. | | |
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