Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of people to hire

Re:Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of pe... by throwaway894345 on Friday June 17, 2022 @11:23AM (#31779568)

I'm not sure that H1B visas are a particularly politically polarized position. I could easily see people on the right arguing against H1B visas on the basis that we should keep American jobs for Americans. I don't think there's broad agreement on H1Bs on the right?

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Re:Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of pe... by 22SAS on Friday June 17, 2022 @11:38AM (#31779821)

Both the left and the ring wing voters despise work visa programs. There are a few in the US, only H1B's get the hate since it is the most used of all work visa programs, and highly publicized as well.

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Re:Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of pe... by Thetawaves on Friday June 17, 2022 @01:27PM (#31781440)

You should be forthright and acknowledge that H1Bs fill white collar jobs at below market rates. This obviously doesn't apply to agriculture (and other) work visas.

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Re:Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of pe... by 22SAS on Friday June 17, 2022 @01:33PM (#31781522)

They probably do in crappy places. I am an H1B, work in HFT and can say that in big tech and HFT's, H1B's are paid fairly well, probably in the top tier.

BTW, the L1 visa is even worse. The people bought in via that visa are also paid below market rates, and they are not even allowed to change companies on that visa.

My issue is that people love to shit talk about us, and forget there are other visas, like the L1, that are crappier. Worse is, when some lump all of us "H1B? They are probably low paid", and then I and many of my friends chuckle when we look at we are paid.

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