As I said, your experience (different sector) may (and apparently is) different. But for the uses in health care, it has resulted in no wage deflation for either the H1-B workers or for their American counterparts (if we could find them). As I intimated, the issue has to be way bigger than the tens of thousands of H1-B jobs out there...t…
As I said, your experience (different sector) may (and apparently is) different. But for the uses in health care, it has resulted in no wage deflation for either the H1-B workers or for their American counterparts (if we could find them). As I intimated, the issue has to be way bigger than the tens of thousands of H1-B jobs out there...the numbers are really small and 20%-25% are physicians so the numbers in tech are smaller yet.
I am all for fixing the underlying issues and a great fan of hiring American so not trying to cut any slack for anyone. Just noting that, like ALL government programs, they are foundationally subject to abuse but generally started with a real need somewhere. Hoping that we recognize the real need is still there, irrespective of what happens to any particular program.
As I said, your experience (different sector) may (and apparently is) different. But for the uses in health care, it has resulted in no wage deflation for either the H1-B workers or for their American counterparts (if we could find them). As I intimated, the issue has to be way bigger than the tens of thousands of H1-B jobs out there...the numbers are really small and 20%-25% are physicians so the numbers in tech are smaller yet.
I am all for fixing the underlying issues and a great fan of hiring American so not trying to cut any slack for anyone. Just noting that, like ALL government programs, they are foundationally subject to abuse but generally started with a real need somewhere. Hoping that we recognize the real need is still there, irrespective of what happens to any particular program.