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Re:Cisco Said to Be Cited for Bias Against U.S. Workers by rhacker on Monday August 20, 2018 @08:48PM (#17805738)
And when those people are 100% remote, don't add up to 20-30k per head, and are paid 1/10 the cost of a US citizen?
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Re:Cisco Said to Be Cited for Bias Against U.S. Workers by refurb on Monday August 20, 2018 @09:44PM (#17806117)
That’s not how it works. DOL sets a floor to salaries based on the US prevailing wage. If any H1-B holder is paying 1/10th of what a US worker costs, they are breaking the law.
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Re:Cisco Said to Be Cited for Bias Against U.S. Workers by rhacker on Monday August 20, 2018 @11:31PM (#17806728)
Oh yeah I realize that - just going on the extended not just Cisco, and not just H1-B - there are companies right now in the US that are hiring outside firms or buying such firms employing 20-40 pakistani "employees" for software development. The money is basically just funnelling outside the US at incredible speeds. That software is then sold to US companies at 10 times the price.
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