| ▲ | mkatx 3 hours ago |
| I wonder if wfh creates any loopholes here, and they just select areas where there are no real candidate pools. |
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| ▲ | socializer 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| I've seen these ads. Not the latest, some things might have changed, but circa 2015-2018, this is how they rolled: 1. You choose newspapers that are least likely to actually reach people looking for tech jobs. 2. You post an small ad specifying the role in the most vague and unappealing terms. 3. There is some weird and inconvenient way to apply (e.g., fax- or snail-mail-only) that goes to /dev/null. You can argue that it follows the letter of the law, but as a practical matter, the outcome is always that there are no US-based applicants for any H-1B SWE role, so something is wonky, right? |
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| ▲ | wincy 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Didn’t people start publishing lists of these and people started applying and these HR departments lost their minds? | | |
| ▲ | rdtsc 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Yup someone started to aggregate those. Corp lawyers probably laughed at their cuteness and then proceeded to obscure the process even more. Say, only publish in newspapers without an online presence, so someone has to physically scan it. Or find a small town where few people in tech live. Also notify the HR department to ensure to flag out all US applications for some other "unrelated reason" that look plausible on paper. | |
| ▲ | throwaway85825 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Yes, jobs.now | |
| ▲ | Melatonic 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Anyone know the list ? Curious to check it out | | |
| ▲ | penskymaterial 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | https://www.jobs.now/jobs/746649922-android-developer Here's one for Android Developer. Must apply by snail mail. If only they made a device (with an OS perhaps) where one could apply to such things electronically. | | |
| ▲ | darkwater an hour ago | parent [-] | | Just...wow. I'm not American and I don't live in the US, and I pretty hate Trump and his allies but this ad is just...wow.
I think this is a loophole that should be closed. | | |
| ▲ | jonway a minute ago | parent | next [-] | | That’s a frustration. People project their hopes and dreams onto Donald Trump, but the president isn’t t a king. The same neoliberal order remains, another war crushing global trade, but still no action taken. Donald Trump did make a lot of crypto money though. | |
| ▲ | buzer 23 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | Do note there are similar practices in many (all?) countries. Recently there was one case in Finland where job posting was extremely specific saying "We require, and by that we mean require, not recommend, experience in Leader and EU funding as well at least 14 years and 5 months of relevant experience". Their CEO admitted publicly that it was just done due to them being to public funding and that requires job postings to published. One of the articles (in Finnish): https://www.hs.fi/alueet/art-2000012282918.html |
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| ▲ | ai-x 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I'm not sure there is any advantage in publishing this in a remote town rather than NYC and SF. Any tech savvy person in NYC or SF would not be scouring newspapers for tech jobs and even if they are, they are most likely to be H1B or Greencard themselves. A small town newspaper may actually make people apply to those roles. But either way, people who likely to come through these ads can be easily disqualified just by adding a few technology stacks |
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| ▲ | Karliss 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| What's the point of bringing in workers into US just to have them work remotely from home? At that point why not have them work remotely from other side of ocean. |
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| ▲ | MITSardine 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | It takes a lot of trust (on both sides) and complexity to establish a working relationship across two jurisdictions, if at all possible. For instance, what labor laws apply? And who enforces them? And how, given parties in two different countries? Does the company want to subject itself to some arbitrary country’s tax man or labor law enforcer prosecutions? Does the employee want to work under effectively zero labor protection? Possibly, but rarely. It’s not even always possible, it’s very complicated to work remotely in France, for instance. The state cracks down on one person one client companies, and EoRs beyond being impractical (as they must adhere to drastic labor laws compared to the US) are in a legal gray zone. | | |
| ▲ | lobf an hour ago | parent [-] | | >For instance, what labor laws apply? The laws of the worker's locality is generally how it works. In the film industry, a production company based in LA might do a shoot in NYC- they have to follow NYC's labor laws since that's where the workers are and the work is being done. The workers at the home base in LA have the LA laws applied to them. >And who enforces them? The local government. |
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| ▲ | throwup238 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Cultural and timezone alignment. We’ve been here before with the outsourcing wave 20 years ago. The answers are still the same, remote is just a job perk. | | |
| ▲ | michaelt 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Before Covid-19, when you asked tech folks about outsourcing to central American countries (or even within the US to places with lower wages than the bay area), the answer would always be "nothing can replace in-person meetings around a real whiteboard" |
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| ▲ | Melatonic 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Taxes probably. And you can bring them in if necessary occasionally. It's a lot less accounting work to have most of your workers in the same state. Imagine single workers or small groups in many different countries. | | |
| ▲ | vanviegen 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Saving half in salaries might make up for some additional payroll complexity. |
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| ▲ | bluefirebrand an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | If they work remotely from the other side of the ocean then they are free to leave and find another job easily without risking their green card If you bring them to America you've basically created a worker who is dependent on staying employed with you in order to keep their place |
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