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gd770226

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36. How are job add like this legal?

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Thu Jun 11, 2015, 04:40 PM

Jun 2015

What I don't get is how certain job adds are even legal. I just did a quick search on indeed for "H1B" in my area and here is a small sample of what came up. How can they say the are specify that they want OPT candidates? Is that not excluding US citizens. I really hate this stuff:

Hiring OPT/CPT Candidates
redcode Informatics - Princeton, NJ

We are currently Hiring OPT/CPT for Various Technology backgrounds.
We also provide Free Training for right consultants.
IT Consulting
We are an E-Verified IT Consulting & Staffing Services Company located in Princeton,NJ. We sponsor/process H1B Visa & Green Cards.
Salary: $70,000.00 /year

Note: We don't play any tricks with our employees and are very transparent in what we do.

Salary: $70,000.00 /year

and then this one :

Java Developer hibernate, spring, maven,full stack
Jersey Shore Development - Neptune City, NJ

We are seeking talented java programmers with productive and professional coding abilities. Our company is a front runner in a niche market. The Market size that we participate in is 38 billion dollars.

Our company located just 1 mile from the beach promotes a strong personal and family life . We have work hours in the office of 8 am til 5 pm with a one hour lunch
We offer 2 weeks vacation after 1 year
We contribute to health Insurance

Seeking highly skilled full stack software developers

Send your resume complete with address and telephone number, email address

This is what you must know:
Eclipse
SVN
Maven
.jsp
Java
Hibernate
Spring
mobile
CSS
HTML
Javascript
PHP
Jquery
Ajax
Presentation skills and printed review of all code is required.
Must have an excellent command of the English language
You will be fixing existing code

You will be tested before hiring on your capabilities. There is a 2 week trial period. We require referencencses
We are willing to sponsor for H1b visa for the right candidate after proving your ability.
We welcome students on Opt and CPT status.

Salary: $60,000.00 /year

Required experience:

software development, web design, mobile development: 2 years

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The worst H1-b visa story I've heard so far... [View all] TreasonousBastard Jun 2015 OP

. Wilms Jun 2015 #1

Who supported more H-1Bs? davidn3600 Jun 2015 #2

H1-B is a complicated issue clayton72 Jun 2015 #3

Most of those points were made in the story... TreasonousBastard Jun 2015 #4

Not that complicated really. TM99 Jun 2015 #5

Bingo! There are an awful lot of highly qualified folks in engineering & SW engineering who get peacebird Jun 2015 #28

Oh, yes, I am sure the Disney employees would have been thrilled as fuck to train, say, Germans or djean111 Jun 2015 #9

Your point 6 is dead wrong GummyBearz Jun 2015 #16

For lower pay I am sure... Greedy corporate moFos. peacebird Jun 2015 #29

It sure is. AngryOldDem Jun 2015 #38

The current employees were obviously bright enough to do the job TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2015 #17

Young people need STEAM, not STEM FrodosPet Jun 2015 #26

H-1B AND H-2B visas are ways to "legalize" hiring indentured servants... cascadiance Jun 2015 #34

"Cheap" as in "importing cheap labor" is not a race. lumberjack_jeff Jun 2015 #44

And a lot of them are getting graduate degrees here as they are given free BA's in their country... cascadiance Jun 2015 #54

+1 TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2015 #59

Did you even read the goddamned article in the OP you replied to? X_Digger Jun 2015 #47

Yet another US Chamber of Commerce PR flack brentspeak Jun 2015 #52

These are always untrue stories treestar Jun 2015 #6

That's incredibly naive. Scuba Jun 2015 #7

No it is informed treestar Jun 2015 #8

It is not reality. Not in the least. djean111 Jun 2015 #10

It is. People would only have to have the Department of Labor treestar Jun 2015 #11

People - displaced IT workers - cannot afford the lawyers. And the deck is stacked. djean111 Jun 2015 #12

Excuses, excuses treestar Jun 2015 #13

LOL. nt Romulox Jun 2015 #19

The real problem gd770226 Jun 2015 #23

That sucks GummyBearz Jun 2015 #33

Furthermore, based on the experience of someone I Ilsa Jun 2015 #53

And you really think our corporate owned government will do anything? Elwood P Dowd Jun 2015 #32

get a grip - you don't know if you haven't worked there - hollysmom Jun 2015 #55

Well, class action lawsuits have been "redirected" or thrown out by this SCOTUS... cascadiance Jun 2015 #57

See this recent DU OP and #15 Re the NYT, June 2015 article stating lower payment appalachiablue Jun 2015 #15

I can do one better... Chan790 Jun 2015 #21

So, a for-profit company is spending MORE money TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2015 #18

They let go a senior engineer, hire a junior H1B to do the job at lower pay peacebird Jun 2015 #30

So the 250 employees who got laid off did not loose this jobs? Travis_0004 Jun 2015 #31

You obviously haven't worked in the field like many of us here have... cascadiance Jun 2015 #35

The TPP will depress wages globally. The Race to the Bottom= Corporate Heaven. appalachiablue Jun 2015 #65

The DOL says otherwise. prayin4rain Jun 2015 #37

treestar, unfortunately you are wrong. This actually happens. pnwmom Jun 2015 #42

Bwaahahaha! *takes a breath* Ahahahahahahahhaa! X_Digger Jun 2015 #48

White collar workers..... quickesst Jun 2015 #14

Agreed. nt Romulox Jun 2015 #20

+1 n/t Chan790 Jun 2015 #22

I gotta say that watching the dueling agendas around here is what keeps me clicking Fumesucker Jun 2015 #24

don't get me wrong... quickesst Jun 2015 #25

Here's what's not so funny. pnwmom Jun 2015 #43

I have several grandchildren and I worry about them Fumesucker Jun 2015 #45

My daughter is 13 AwakeAtLast Jun 2015 #46

This is what we've told our kids. AngryOldDem Jun 2015 #63

The smart kids we want in STEM, AVOID STEM degrees, because they know the system is rigged! cascadiance Jun 2015 #64

+1 AngryOldDem Jun 2015 #40

So then we can get outsourced for even LOWER paid workers with the equally crappy H-2B visa program! cascadiance Jun 2015 #60

only when qualified American workers can't be found right? TheFarseer Jun 2015 #27

Cost savings. What else drives American business? AngryOldDem Jun 2015 #39

How are job add like this legal? gd770226 Jun 2015 #36

I think that's a pretty common arrangement. AngryOldDem Jun 2015 #41

Non-compete contracts should be null and void TexasBushwhacker Jun 2015 #49

I agree. AngryOldDem Jun 2015 #50

H1-Bs need to simply end. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #51

not quite, just prosecute those misuing it. hollysmom Jun 2015 #56

I have no problem with wanting to hire the best people. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #58

Yep! Many H-1B workers don't like the way this program works either... cascadiance Jun 2015 #61

It's basically become slave labor. AngryOldDem Jun 2015 #62