DHS weighs major change to H-1B foreign tech worker visa program

Re:DHS weighs major change to H-1B foreign tech worker visa ... by always_good on Sunday December 31, 2017 @02:26PM (#16042251)

When I worked for Amazon, I felt bad for the people working there on visas. They never felt like they could say no when pressured into working through the weekend.

After uprooting your family and bringing them to the States, you have zero bargaining power. It's a pretty dark system.

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Re:DHS weighs major change to H-1B foreign tech worker visa ... by ma2rten on Sunday December 31, 2017 @02:35PM (#16042336)

I am on an H1-B visa. I would say no to working on weekends.

Changing jobs is actually relatively painless with an H1-B visa. The only risk is that you have to find a new job in relatively short amount of time if would get fired.

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Re:DHS weighs major change to H-1B foreign tech worker visa ... by chrisper on Sunday December 31, 2017 @02:47PM (#16042430)

You can say no, because in the worst case you would "only" have to go back to Germany. But what about people who are from countries like Pakistan etc.? They would rather work on weekends than to have to go back.

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Re:DHS weighs major change to H-1B foreign tech worker visa ... by immgrnt on Sunday December 31, 2017 @02:43PM (#16042395)

I'm on H1B and in the backlog for past 10 years. I'll soon be 50 years old. If I lose my job, my resume will not even get shortlisted at this age

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Re:DHS weighs major change to H-1B foreign tech worker visa ... by oh_sigh on Sunday December 31, 2017 @02:46PM (#16042413)

I worked at amazon with a number of H1Bs and they were never asked to work on weekends AFAIK(and I get notifications for commits into our repo and never particularly noticed any weekend activity).

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