Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-job, no-worries permits

Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by slt2021 on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @04:57PM (#36512481)

you are wrong because H-1Bs pay just as much as regular SWE jobs by law (companies file LCA)

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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by Alupis on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @05:17PM (#36512729)

This thread is about suppressing wages...

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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by slt2021 on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @06:07PM (#36513317)

How is paying the same == suppressing?

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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by jimcsharp on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @09:09PM (#36515060)

Because you'd have to pay more to attract somebody local who's happy at another company.

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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by howinteresting on Thursday June 29, 2023 @04:43AM (#36517948)

You understand that immigration is fundamentally different from standard supply and demand? Immigrants create both supply and demand. Producing more eggs doesn't increase the demand for eggs.

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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by JustLurking2022 on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @06:18PM (#36513429)

Guarantee it's below average at most outsourcing firms. They may play games like advertising a position as a "junior engineer" but require 10 years of experience and then bill clients for a senior engineer but, knowing the billing rates for several vendors, there's absolutely no way they pay market rates.

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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by slt2021 on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @06:41PM (#36513664)

I am all for cracking down on abusers and scammers, especially body shops.

but it is not the reason to get rid of the entirety of H-1B program, as some people advocate here.

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