I think it’s easier for many American tech workers to claim that H-1B workers are cheaper to hire (they’re not, they cost more due to also having to pay for their immigration process alongside matching the prevailing wages) than to admit foreign workers are highly qualified to do their jobs.
It’s motivated reasoning.
@carnage4life Who defines "prevailing wage"?
@briansullivan @carnage4life dept of labor. Based on cost of living in the area and median wages for the stated work. Anyone who claims a H1B is only preferred cos they are cheap is lying or misled.
If someone submits a very low salary for a foreign worker in an area the visa will simply not be approved. The federal govt also doesn’t want foreigners who have to ever use public benefits.
@skinnylatte Hmm and who will control the department of labor? It seems like a loophole big enough to drive a truck through.
@briansullivan oh god, H1B data is public, look up any company including Trump’s and Elon’s, they are visas for jobs from 120-400K min
Saying you’ll pay that and then not doing that is a whole host of other crimes, people take this seriously. There are other issues of exploitation but this conspiracy that people who don’t know anything about H1Bs keep perpetuating is not true. Actual H1Bs are saying it’s not true.