$100K fee added to H1B applications

Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by bigfatkitten on Friday September 19, 2025 @06:22PM (#45307446)

Because being in roughly the same timezone as the people you’re managing is underrated.

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by kelvinjps on Friday September 19, 2025 @07:36PM (#45308090)

Does it matter for a company at the size of Google?

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by disgruntledphd2 on Saturday September 20, 2025 @04:24AM (#45311515)

Yes, as platform teams are generally colocated somewhere else.

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by giantg2 on Friday September 19, 2025 @06:28PM (#45307501)

This is mostly just a benefit for mixed teams. If you have entire departments offshore, then you have less cross-zone interaction.

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