H-1B Abuse: Bay Area Tech Workers from India Paid a Pittance, Feds Say

Posted by contourtrails on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @12:00PM
from the mercurynews.com dept.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/05/01/h-1b-abuse-bay-area-tech-workers-from-india-paid-a-pittance-feds-say/amp/

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Re:H-1B Abuse: Bay Area Tech Workers from India Paid a Pitta... by dang on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @01:05PM (#16978980)

This just had a major discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16974067.

Please check before posting. https://hn.algolia.com/?query=H-1B%20Abuse%20bay%20area&sort... and https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=mercurynews.com are easy ways.

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Re:H-1B Abuse: Bay Area Tech Workers from India Paid a Pitta... by ed312 on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @01:03PM (#16978961)

Non-AMP link: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/05/01/h-1b-abuse-bay-area-t...

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Re:H-1B Abuse: Bay Area Tech Workers from India Paid a Pitta... by imjustsaying on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @01:07PM (#16978999)

>“Cloudwick has never brought resources from India,” Chhabra said. “All the resources are Master’s students that have educated in U.S. and then we hired and trained them.”

Is the excavator referring to humans?

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Re:H-1B Abuse: Bay Area Tech Workers from India Paid a Pitta... by AboutTheWhisles on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @01:07PM (#16978991)

All H-1B salaries are public information, broken down by company and position. In a small to medium sized company you can narrow each entry down to a handful of people.

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Re:H-1B Abuse: Bay Area Tech Workers from India Paid a Pitta... by neo4sure on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @02:39PM (#16979930)

can you supply that information, please ?

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