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Re:Big Tech Resumed Hiring Foreign Workers Just Weeks After ... by atmavatar on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @09:25PM (#35970184)
> what if you have a H1B worker that's a high performer in a key position that would make your company collapse if they left

Provide an option for a company to submit some paperwork and pay some non-trivial fee (to avoid gaming) that allows them to exempt such an employee from the visa-first layoff requirement. Additionally, fast track the green card process for whom said exemption is granted.

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Re:Big Tech Resumed Hiring Foreign Workers Just Weeks After ... by dheera on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @09:33PM (#35970234)
> Additionally, fast track the green card process for whom said exemption is granted.

Yes, this. Or alternatively, in an economy where everyone is getting laid, the 60 day deadline should be extended indefinitely until the economy recovers and similar jobs start becoming available and plentiful, at which point they can consider reinstating the employment requirements.

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Re:Big Tech Resumed Hiring Foreign Workers Just Weeks After ... by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @10:05PM (#35970445)
> Additionally, fast track the green card process for whom said exemption is granted.

This could easily be done by not having a per-country quota for green cards that seriously sanctions H1B holders from India and China. As in:

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/migrate/democrats-i...

Republicans probably won't let it happen, however.

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Re:Big Tech Resumed Hiring Foreign Workers Just Weeks After ... by rayiner on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @02:06AM (#35971783)
> Republicans probably won't let it happen, however.

The RINOs would love to do it unfortunately. They’d sell out the future of the country for a nickel.

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Re:Big Tech Resumed Hiring Foreign Workers Just Weeks After ... by bastardoperator on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @10:22PM (#35970566)
Isn't that how the H1-B program is supposed to work?

  "The intent of the H-1B provisions is to help employers who cannot otherwise obtain needed business skills and abilities from the U.S. workforce"
I've worked with some awesome folks, but I didn't get the impression that they possessed skills or abilities that are otherwise unobtainable in the United States.
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