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Re:Trump's opposition to H-1B visas has experts concerned by mandeepj on Friday November 11, 2016 @11:39PM (#12936633)
> The United States already has a program for legal immigration, right? Why do we even need H1-B?

I'm pretty convinced you don't have solid understanding about inner workings of immigration and H1-B. You just have some hatred against this visa.

Most of jobs holded by h1-b candidates are temporary and their ranks stand at the very bottom of the food chain. These jobs last not more than few months and in very rare cases 1-2 years. So, they are the first ones to leave the company before the permanent ones.

H1-b candidates are very expensive to hire. Although, they do get paid very low.

Now, please go and educate five other people so that we can end this BS propaganda.

Re:Trump's opposition to H-1B visas has experts concerned by biocomputation on Saturday November 12, 2016 @12:54AM (#12936801)
>> You just have some hatred against this visa.

Jobs are a bedrock social justice issue in the United States. You're free to characterize me remarks however you like, but I'm pretty sure that the fact that 60-80% of H1-B visas are issued to citizens of only two countries is a sign that the program has been hopelessly corrupted.

Re:Trump's opposition to H-1B visas has experts concerned by mandeepj on Saturday November 12, 2016 @08:22PM (#12941271)
> I'm pretty sure that the fact that 60-80% of H1-B visas are issued to citizens of only two countries is a sign that the program has been hopelessly corrupted.

Those two countries are also highly populated in the world so the numbers are proportional

Re:Trump's opposition to H-1B visas has experts concerned by serge2k on Saturday November 12, 2016 @02:50PM (#12939815)
> H1-b candidates are very expensive to hire. Although, they do get paid very low.

Huh. I don't feel horribly underpaid. I'm pretty sure I'm making about the same as my American citizen peers.

Re:Trump's opposition to H-1B visas has experts concerned by mandeepj on Saturday November 12, 2016 @06:51PM (#12940912)
are you a full time employee or a contractor? first layer companies charge around $80 per hour. Contractors get paid around $50.
Re:Trump's opposition to H-1B visas has experts concerned by serge2k on Saturday November 12, 2016 @08:31PM (#12941304)
I'm a salaried full time employee at a major tech company.
Re:Trump's opposition to H-1B visas has experts concerned by mandeepj on Monday November 14, 2016 @03:06PM (#12952805)
Good for you. This is why you don't feel underpaid