Anti-H-1B senator (R) to head immigration panel, says tech worker shortage is a 'hoax'

[jeff47]

54. So pay more.

What do you think happened "back in the old days" before H1Bs? Companies paid more.

You're looking for a senior, highly skilled developer in one of the most expensive parts of the country.

You're offering the money I can get in a much, much less expensive part of the country.

Of course I'd never apply for your job, even though I have the skills to do it.

Your post is a demonstration of management failure. First, your company did not have a transition plan for losing a critical employee. Second, your company believed that they could dictate salary instead of the market dictating salary. Third, they compounded the mistake by putting in a time-limited employee who's already demonstrated they'll easily abandon their employer, and still don't have a transition plan to deal with the inevitable result.

And lastly, you actually think that assembly is rare. It isn't rare, it's just expensive.