H-1B abuse: Bay Area tech workers from India paid a pittance, feds say

Re:H-1B abuse: Bay Area tech workers from India paid a pitta... by dingo_bat on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @01:55AM (#16974433)

So no jobs for newly graduated students who are not citizens?

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Re:H-1B abuse: Bay Area tech workers from India paid a pitta... by tiff_seattle on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @02:02AM (#16974469)

If they don't have a skill that employers are willing to pay top dollar for, then no. H-1B is designed for bringing highly skilled workers into the country. It's not a program for job security for new grads.

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Re:H-1B abuse: Bay Area tech workers from India paid a pitta... by paxys on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @02:44AM (#16974676)

Experience is usually worth more than skill. It's pretty stupid to turn away smart young people who you have paid to educate in the best universities in the world.

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Re:H-1B abuse: Bay Area tech workers from India paid a pitta... by sanxiyn on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @02:56AM (#16974731)

Yes, it is stupid, I wholeheartedly agree it should be fixed, but I disagree that it should be fixed by H-1B visa.

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Re:H-1B abuse: Bay Area tech workers from India paid a pitta... by sanxiyn on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @02:24AM (#16974571)

H-1B is not intended for newly graduated students. For them, there is OPT. You are right OPT is restrictive, but that is best solved by changing OPT.

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