you see the reason h1b is so popular with the c-suite in a lot of cases is that you get absolute loyalty to a company that holds all the power of your being allowed to stay in the us. you lose the h1b job and you have limited time to find a new valid employer to sponsor you or else you go back to your country. it's one of the reasons musk loves it for twitter.

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square_usual 13 hours ago | parent [-]

H1B transfers are easy. You aren't beholden to an employer.

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rkomorn 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I've had three different H1Bs. Yes, transfers are easy, but they're sure a hell more risky than staying at your current job and enduring whatever you have to.

You're not beholden to your employer, but you have borderline coercive reasons to stay.

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boelboel 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Even a 5% chance you and your partner/kids have to uproot their life is a bigger sacrifice than a 30% wage increase, at least to some people.

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square_usual 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Great, yes, but you sure as hell don't have "absolute loyalty" to a company.

	▲	johnnyanmac 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Its all relative. A burned out American can drop out tomorrow with no short term plan. H1Bs cannot fo that unless they are ready to go back to their previous country.

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liveoneggs 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You have 60 days to find a new job or get deported. It's a pretty strong lever.

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square_usual 11 hours ago | parent [-]

How is that related to a transfer? If you have a job on an H1b, you can get another job and switch to it any time with a transfer.

	▲	liveoneggs 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		re-read OOP, not your own jump to "transfer"

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SilverElfin 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It is unbelievable the kind of misinformation that is spread about immigrants. Thanks for pointing that out