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Re:Big Tech Resumed Hiring Foreign Workers Just Weeks After ... by foobiekr on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @10:09PM (#35970479)
It's such a scam to pretend that H1B workers are, on average, high performers in key positions. That isn't the reality, has not ever been the reality, and will not ever be the reality. H1B is about cost of labor, has always been about cost of labor, and will always be about cost of labor.

disclosure: have worked for large h1b heavy shops my entire career, and while there has been the very occasional exception, the bulk of the h1bs are hired entirely for cost reasons.

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Re:Big Tech Resumed Hiring Foreign Workers Just Weeks After ... by hintymad on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @10:30PM (#35970606)
> It's such a scam to pretend that H1B workers are, on average, high performers in key positions.

I don't think this is what OP meant. OP said "what if you have a H1B worker that's a high performer". This has nothing to do with the average performance of any group. The point is that a blanket mandate that a group should be fired over others first may hurt the livelihood of a company. Note whether this is right or wrong is definitely up to debate, and different countries implement different policies for either side. I'm just clarifying the underlying logic of the OP.

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Re:Big Tech Resumed Hiring Foreign Workers Just Weeks After ... by candiodari on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @07:02AM (#35973635)
It's also about companies violating the H1B visa rules on a large scale. H1B is supposed to be about high performers (that is in the law) ... and it just isn't. Companies do not ever use it like that.

There should be consequences to violating these rules. Not being allowed to hire workers JUST because they're cheap (99% of H1B visa workers) is something that should always be enforced.

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Re:Big Tech Resumed Hiring Foreign Workers Just Weeks After ... by pylua on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @09:47AM (#35975147)
Is hiring h1b for cost reasons illegal ?
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Re:Big Tech Resumed Hiring Foreign Workers Just Weeks After ... by thewileyone on Sunday May 21, 2023 @10:10PM (#36026653)
It's not just H1B ... it's higher paying workers vs lower paying potential. I've seen shadow recruiting for replacements WHILE layoffs of existing staff were in progress.
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