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Not wanting to clean bathrooms or .NET/SQL is ok. But expecting 120k for the same is what many people want.
Some SQL people are worth 120k. Others make far more. Some people make almost $200/hr on contract for this stuff. Seriously.
There are people who write SQL queries...and there are people who have deep experience and understanding of SQL Server itself, the query engine, etc. who can make vast improvements to existing code bases.
Finally some bipartisanship legislation on H-1B coming. Now let's get it to the floor next year along with DACA and fix our broken immigration system.
We don't need bipartisan crap on H1B visas or DACA. We need the illegals deported and the H1B visa abolished and the greedy businessmen, politicians, and immigration lawyers sent to the guillotine. Then we'll get some REAL justice and actually start enforcing our immigration laws and stop pandering to the globalists at the expense of America!
I'm on L1 visa and have been here in the US for 3 years now. I work as field service engineer and I'm specialist to our product that has a promising demand in the US.
My job doesn't require a rocket science degree. We can hire an American and he can be specialist in a matter of 1-2 years. The problem though, even before they master the skill set, they will quit. In my 3 years stint in the US, there are 7 American engineers who had quit. I can tell you why:
- our new hires will undergo a month training abroad (Netherlands, Singapore and HK) and after the training, they will be on their own in the field.
- and when I say in the field, it includes Mexico. I drive Tijuana and Mexico as if I'm going to the super market, that's how frequent i drive back drive back and forth US to Mexico and vice versa.
- the culture of the top management (Asian culture) is totally different from the American culture. But we have to cater the
America though it is only accounted for 5% of the revenue of the whole company. We try to get more and more businesses in the US and we need to be competitive with our Asian counterparts. Which means, we work longer hours than the normal.
- our job isn't a glamorous job but it requires engineering degree. We dismantle machine and put them back together and make sure it is functioning before we leave. we are often required to work during the weekend if needed.
It is NOT only about skills, yes any job can be learned but the question is, who is really dedicated to work on the work conditions I mentioned? We hope to find an American who can, we just hired 4 new local engineers and I pray they'll stay longer. If all four of them can last atleast 5 years in the company, I will be more than happy to leave the US.
I would fine this culprit half a million dollar, because that's the money he would have collected from candidates for filing them. And every one of those applications were approved.
I'd harass him and his family, as dozens of government agencies affect every business, and one audit after another should be what he faces.
I'm on L1 visa and have been here in the US for 3 years now. I work as field service engineer and I'm specialist to our product that has a promising demand in the US.
My job doesn't require a rocket science degree. We can hire an American and he can be specialist in a matter of 1-2 years. The problem though, even before they master the skill set, they will quit. In my 3 years stint in the US, there are 7 American engineers who had quit. I can tell you why:
- our new hires will undergo a month training abroad (Netherlands, Singapore and HK) and after the training, they will be on their own in the field.
- and when I say in the field, it includes Mexico. I drive Tijuana and Mexico as if I'm going to the super market, that's how frequent i drive back drive back and forth US to Mexico and vice versa.
- the culture of the top management (Asian culture) is totally different from the American culture. But we have to cater the
America though it is only accounted for 5% of the revenue of the whole company. We try to get more and more businesses in the US and we need to be competitive with our Asian counterparts. Which means, we work longer hours than the normal.
- our job isn't a glamorous job but it requires engineering degree. We dismantle machine and put them back together and make sure it is functioning before we leave. we are often required to work during the weekend if needed.
It is NOT only about skills, yes any job can be learned but the question is, who is really dedicated to work on the work conditions I mentioned? We hope to find an American who can, we just hired 4 new local engineers and I pray they'll stay longer. If all four of them can last atleast 5 years in the company, I will be more than happy to leave the US.
You're right because a lot of Americans expect to be promoted within 2-3 years if they don't get the raises or title promotion they will pack up and leave. Where as most H1-B and even L1 like yourself just content with keeping your job because of the sponsorship so you can start popping babies in hopes to get your greencard and that's the goal is to get benefits and ability to move to higher paying jobs.
I'm on L1 visa and have been here in the US for 3 years now. I work as field service engineer and I'm specialist to our product that has a promising demand in the US.
My job doesn't require a rocket science degree. We can hire an American and he can be specialist in a matter of 1-2 years. The problem though, even before they master the skill set, they will quit. In my 3 years stint in the US, there are 7 American engineers who had quit. I can tell you why:
- our new hires will undergo a month training abroad (Netherlands, Singapore and HK) and after the training, they will be on their own in the field.
- and when I say in the field, it includes Mexico. I drive Tijuana and Mexico as if I'm going to the super market, that's how frequent i drive back drive back and forth US to Mexico and vice versa.
- the culture of the top management (Asian culture) is totally different from the American culture. But we have to cater the
America though it is only accounted for 5% of the revenue of the whole company. We try to get more and more businesses in the US and we need to be competitive with our Asian counterparts. Which means, we work longer hours than the normal.
- our job isn't a glamorous job but it requires engineering degree. We dismantle machine and put them back together and make sure it is functioning before we leave. we are often required to work during the weekend if needed.
It is NOT only about skills, yes any job can be learned but the question is, who is really dedicated to work on the work conditions I mentioned? We hope to find an American who can, we just hired 4 new local engineers and I pray they'll stay longer. If all four of them can last atleast 5 years in the company, I will be more than happy to leave the US.
Whereas we've taken on several contractors in the last 6 months...all from the same "consulting" firm, all from the same city in India, all with a master's degree in a STEM discipline.
They're all terrible. They come late, leave early, don't know the basics, have a terrible work ethic, and mostly play Ping-Pong all day. The QA people are the worst...they don't bother to learn anything about the business or our applications and test only the narrow path covered by the user story...and even then, they don't test it correctly.
Since we've taken them on our error rate in production has gone up exponentially. User stories sometimes take 3 sprints to complete because of constant rework (if we get a real QA resource with actual domain knowledge to test the change)...and our pipeline & support ticket numbers have shot up. So has our number of meetings because they don't discuss anything without a meeting.
Oh, they also never take notes and are openly hostile to our Hispanic and black employees, and females of any race/ethnicity except their own.
"Best and brightest" indeed. These guys need to be on the next thing smoking back to India. They are functionally incompetent.
To add insult to injury, the company laid off half a dozen people to make room for these clowns...BAs and PMs with actual domain knowledge! The same "consulting" firm that gave us the H1B clowns also fired the American QA resource that we'd had on-site for several years. Since we were in a hiring freeze, hiring him on full-time wasn't even an option.
"But does management know about this?" you might ask. Of course they do. But they blame us (the developers) for some of it and sweep the rest under the rug. They don't care. They'd replace us all with H1Bs if they could.
I don't know about that. Capital punishment doesn't stop murder. Not arguing against a heavier punishment, but the heavier punishment doesn't always discourage bad behavior.
All the money needs to be clawed back in addition to punitive damages. We need to revisit debtors prisons.
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