Re:Large Companies Game H-1B Visa Program
by bduerst on Tuesday November 10, 2015 @12:47PM
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It would be way more disruptive than the current system. You'll get more stories about companies laying off IT workers for cheaper immigrants, like at Disney (who recanted after public backlash).
Maybe your employer values you, but I'm guessing someone can do your job for less, especially if there is a H1B visa value added to it.
The whole problem is that H1B shops are gaming the system, and with a national auction, it gives them more leeway to game it further.
Speaking as a tech worker in Silicon Valley, I don't care. Everybody who works in tech here makes enough; indeed, one of the reasons why the cost-of-living is so high is because there's broad-based prosperity among techies that drives up the cost of basic necessities like housing. If tech salaries fell, that would actually put less pressure on the non-tech population here, who are the ones who are really hurting.
It'd be far less disruptive than the current system, which puts that pressure on software engineers working for big companies in say, Minneapolis, where the average software engineer salary isn't much more than the general population.