The worst unemployment in history is coming, and more than 150000 work visas (H-2A, H-1B, H-2B) will be issued by Fall
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They're importing nincompoops who have trouble doing common tasks, replacing Americans who are easily qualified.
Maybe that's indicative of who you choose to hire.
In my field, they have PhDs from Oxford and the alike. There's lots of qualified Americans... just not enough. Low skilled Americans think they are qualified when they are just like the incompetent nincompoops you describe
I don't have to hire anyone to understand the laws of economics. "Knowledge of the workplace and hiring in general" is 100% irrelevant. You're cheating by going outside the market to hire scab labor. If you want workers, pay them what it takes to get them to agree to work for you.
There's no cheating. Competitors can look outside the US as well. If they're willing to pay the extra money to do so. It's a fair market. There's a marketplace of 7 billion people. You aren't understanding economics well. Why would you limit yourself to 300m people when you can have 7 billion people to choose from?
It's the same when you are looking for a job. Do you confine yourself to one location? No.
Quit importing 3rd world people. The ones who are hired by consultancy firms do not cost as much as Americans. If they did, they wouldn’t be living 8 to an apartment. They have fake resumes and they work for peanuts because it’s a glamorous life compared to their own filth hole.
People forget that it actually costs a company more to hire someone on a visa. Not only does it meant that they've exhausted a search for local talent, but they have to pay visa fees -- which are not cheap. Contrary to what people with agendas want you to believe, h1b candidates hired by US companies are paid competitive market-level wages. So add on the additional time and fees, it's telling of how much corporations need talent.
This is different than the consulting companies that abuse the system. That's a different topic.
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The fees associated with the sponsorship process include a $460 base fee for filing the Form 1-129 and either an ACWIA fee of $750 or $1,500, depending on how large your full-time workforce is. A $500 fraud prevention fee is also required of all employers. A small number of companies are also required to pay a $4,000 fee if they employ at least 50 workers in the U.S. and more than 50 percent of those workers are H1-B or L1 visa holders. Finally, a premium processing fee may be submitted if your company is interested in taking advantage of this opportunity.
That's actually not much considering that the average salary is > $80K.
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The average salary for H-1B (based on the entirety of this dataset) is $89,779.
For context, the average tech salary is $93,244, according to the most recent Dice Salary Survey. So in theory, many H-1B workers are making less than the average (although many are obviously making quite a bit more—the dataset contains thousands of six-figure salaries, especially for software developers and other roles that demand higher-level skills).
That's almost $4000 a year less for the foreigner so over time it saves companies a lot of money. I bet companies could train US workers to do the jobs, but it's just cheaper for them to hire H-1B .
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According to some purists, that would make you a "whiny alt-right" looking for handouts and protection
The US government SHOULD protect US citizens. Who else is going to do it?
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