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Re:What IBM Pays H-1B Software Engineers and Developers by screye on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @11:11AM (#21259248)
just saying, h1b usually have about 2 months of unemployment since being fired. Not great, but not a single day either.

your statement about social welfare is reality for Indian h1bs. They will never be able to get a green card, and yet pay all the taxes for them. 8% of your salary is pretty steep for something you can't touch, ever.

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Re:What IBM Pays H-1B Software Engineers and Developers by ganeshkrishnan on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @05:17PM (#21263909)
It probably changed with the Obama administration but when I was on H1b it was said that we had to leave as soon as possible. Maybe you are right because we could never find a legal source of truth for this info. The point is, we have to leave everything. If you have kids, car, school for kids, house everything goes out.
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Re:What IBM Pays H-1B Software Engineers and Developers by belltaco on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @11:13AM (#21259272)
It's 16%. Employers have to match it, so it's an additional 8% on top of the 8% that the employee pays.
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