Re:Laid-off IT workers muzzled as H-1B debate heats up
by ones_and_zeros on Friday January 29, 2016 @03:37PM
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There is a visa for top of field immigration, the O-1.
But even that visa is being gamed, see the Peter Roberts AMA here from a few weeks ago.
But the fact of the matter is a majority of H-1B visas go to positions that are bottom of the totem pole, back office development and IT. I mean 80% of them pay on the lower tiers of the pay scales. Seems an awful waste of talent and an overall raw deal for the worlds best and brightest.
But even that visa is being gamed, see the Peter Roberts AMA here from a few weeks ago.
But the fact of the matter is a majority of H-1B visas go to positions that are bottom of the totem pole, back office development and IT. I mean 80% of them pay on the lower tiers of the pay scales. Seems an awful waste of talent and an overall raw deal for the worlds best and brightest.