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Case in point about 5 years ago I was hiring an entry level developer at a company in BR. I had 5-6 applicants just graduating from LSU, SU, and SLU. Their salary requirements were anywhere from 75K to 90K (insanity on the high end). My company was comfortable paying in the 60-65K range which I though was fair for a developer that has never put anything into a production environment that made money in their lives. I got 1 application from a H1-B guy that needed a sponsorship which we really didn't want to get into but I interviewed the guy anyway. He had 5 yrs experience was by far the more advanced developer than any other person I interviewed and his salary requirements were 60K-70K....we hired him and sponsored his visa.

This is a common example of a symptom of the larger problem. Your ability to sponsor that H1B allowed you to hire at an artificially low price. The only reason your company thought 60-65k was reasonable is because of the access to those people without a normal American standard of living.

Americans are being forced to compete against people with lower standards and costs of living. These immigrants are eventually going to become used to the higher quality of life that the US can provide, then they will also demand a higher salary and be replaced with a new immigrant. Where does it end?

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Posted by Sentrius

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Posted on 6/23/20 at 12:56 pm to FieldEngineer

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This is a common example of a symptom of the larger problem. Your ability to sponsor that H1B allowed you to hire at an artificially low price. The only reason your company thought 60-65k was reasonable is because of the access to those people without a normal American standard of living.

That's gonna leave a mark.

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Americans are being forced to compete against people with lower standards and costs of living. These immigrants are eventually going to become used to the higher quality of life that the US can provide, then they will also demand a higher salary and be replaced with a new immigrant. Where does it end?

It's a self destructive cycle and the only way to stop it is for our leaders in public office to tell the corporations a big fat resounding NO.

We need leaders in public office that are capable of and willing to look at the big picture decades into the future and understand for long term stability and to stabilize the labor market, someone needs to tell these corporations a big fat NO.

If we allow more flooding of foreign workers, we will create lost generations of American workers with no hope whatsoever.

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Posted by LSU316

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Posted on 6/23/20 at 1:14 pm to FieldEngineer

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The only reason your company thought 60-65k was reasonable is because of the access to those people without a normal American standard of living.

Paying an entry level .NET developer in Baton Rouge, LA north of 65K is insanity.

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These immigrants are eventually going to become used to the higher quality of life that the US can provide, then they will also demand a higher salary and be replaced with a new immigrant. Where does it end?

Yes at that point you promote the current employee and hire a new entry level.....that is the way of business.

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