It's wage theft, pure and simple Thomas Neuburger Dec 31
This is something everyone who's worked in high tech has known for decades. As I put it a few days ago: "H-1B is a wage-theft scam, because the rich aren't rich enough yet." Now for some detail. First, from reporter Lee Fang:
Next this, about Amazon and its H-1B visa applications for warehouse jobs:
And this, from right-wing commenter Ashley St. Clair. (She could lose her seat at the table if she keeps on like this.)
Finally, consider reading this data-rich thread regarding the "body shops" involved in H-1B worker trafficking:
Within which we find such goodies as this — ten times the statutory limit of approvals per year. Your (well, actually their) government breaks the law for them voluntarily.
And this — almost all of these wages are well below market:
'Learn to Code'It's very simple. High tech companies like Google and Apple (and, really, all of them) bring in foreign H-1B workers to 1) create indentured employees — people who can only live in the U.S. by staying in the good graces of their employer — and 2) keep Americans from earning too much. Because money.Share Americans in high tech have been suffering through layoffs since 2022, massive ones, with no end in sight, and H-1B visas exist to fill the gap. Take that, well-paid American worker. "Learn to code" indeed. We live among predators... |
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