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re: Apple has been discriminating against US engineers
Posted on 11/14/23 at 11:41 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Posted on 11/14/23 at 11:41 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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This is happening en masse at scores of big companies. The visa workers will do the job (a shitty job of it generally) for far less than Americans will. It looks better on the bottom line. If the accountants are calling the shots, this is the standard hiring practice.
And H1B employees can't leave their employer to look for higher paying jobs or the will have their immigration status revoked, so not only do they work for less, they're immobile, suppressing wages even more.
Posted on 11/14/23 at 11:43 am to LittleJerrySeinfield
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Umm, no. Unless you want to pay $800 to get your lawn mowed. Landscaping companies/farmers also use the H1B program.
Isn't that a H2-A visa?
Posted on 11/14/23 at 11:43 am to VADawg
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H1B Visas are nothing more than tools used to suppress American wages. They should be outlawed.
I've made a career out of fixing code H1B folks have written

Posted on 11/14/23 at 9:40 pm to BoogaBear
No programs or incentives to help motivate STEM in US schools because they can just get their cheap labor from these overseas sources. Cut off the H1B visa flow and force the US tech companies to invest in building recruitment sources at home,
Posted on 11/14/23 at 9:52 pm to fareplay
quote:So affirmative action?
I mostly agree. If you have 2 resumes and ones American and other is h1b both with comparable skills, you should be forced to hire the American
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