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HassleCat

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28. Probably not even necessary

Reply to Babel_17 (Original post)

Wed Nov 11, 2015, 01:46 PM

Nov 2015

This is the United States, where we are supposed to have a great educational system, a tech-savvy work force, blah, blah, blah. And we do, petty much. The only reason we have the H-1B program is to benefit employers looking for lower wage workers.

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How Outsourcing Companies Are Gaming the H-1B Visa System [View all] Babel_17 Nov 2015 OP

your president and congress are ok with this so what's the prob? nt msongs Nov 2015 #1

The H1B program steals opportunities from American workers MH1 Nov 2015 #2

+1 840high Nov 2015 #3

That's the thing, this program isn't untried theory Babel_17 Nov 2015 #4

Someone who was in the position to review their work told me that they Baitball Blogger Nov 2015 #19

The "system" is crap coding that is not easily maintainable MH1 Nov 2015 #20

This is what we should be reading in Time magazine. Baitball Blogger Nov 2015 #23

I know when we've hit the H1B cap for the year jeff47 Nov 2015 #5

Huh, so some companies do that ... Babel_17 Nov 2015 #6

Yeah. Companies that are more than 15% H1-B staffed Recursion Nov 2015 #7

Yes. They deliberately sabotage their search for US citizens jeff47 Nov 2015 #8

This seems generally known among tech workers Babel_17 Nov 2015 #9

:rofl: jeff47 Nov 2015 #10

Well, yeah, big money is involved Babel_17 Nov 2015 #11

^^^ Bingo. nt. MH1 Nov 2015 #21

Fake Job Ads defraud Americans to secure green cards FrodosPet Nov 2015 #17

Right, now I remember that video Babel_17 Nov 2015 #18

THE GOAL OF PERM: Run ads that do NOT find any qualified U.S.workers CrispyQ Nov 2015 #30

The whole process needs to be fixed. n/t prayin4rain Nov 2015 #12

The root cure would be for our elected representatives ... Babel_17 Nov 2015 #13

Yep, if only we had a Congress that cared about the citizens of this country. prayin4rain Nov 2015 #14

Agreed; rip it out and start over Recursion Nov 2015 #15

There should be a country cap, too. It's meant for the best of the best prayin4rain Nov 2015 #16

No, the whole process needs to be removed. jeff47 Nov 2015 #22

If we actually need these "highly-skilled" workers, we need to train our citizens in those fields. MH1 Nov 2015 #24

That's kinda my point. jeff47 Nov 2015 #25

Ah, I see. Yes the permanent visa does take away most of the incentive. nt MH1 Nov 2015 #26

And still covers the extremely rare instances where we really do need to import that worker. jeff47 Nov 2015 #27

Exactly. Now if only we can find Democrats who will support doing away with H1B. MH1 Nov 2015 #29

Probably not even necessary HassleCat Nov 2015 #28

Sens. Grassley, Durbin launch new H-1B fight OhioChick Nov 2015 #31

Good link, thanks! nt Babel_17 Nov 2015 #32