Anonymous #1 1w

Trust me I’m way ahead of my peers in my niche

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Anonymous #1 1w

But I’m still competing with laid of FAANG workers and cheap Indian labor. I would have had to do half the work I’m doing now to get a job that pays 6 figures out of college 4 years ago.

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Anonymous #2 1w

They already are. Multiple friends of mine got their Microsoft job offers RESCINDED because the team they were going to work with got offshored. Like I get not getting the job in the first place, but having a job until mid summer and your offer gets pulled out from under you less than 2 months before you’re about to start? And of course no consequences to the company. These were fresh college grads btw.

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Anonymous #1 1w

I absolutely see where you’re coming from, but the OP isn’t incorrect either. Studies have shown that these programs do cause wage stagnation and reduced domestic employment, especially in tech. https://www.epi.org/press/a-majority-of-migrant-workers-employed-with-h-1b-visas-are-paid-below-median-wages-large-tech-firms-including-amazon-google-and-microsoft-use-visa-program-to-underpay-workers/ The issue is that it’s more focused in tech, and the narrative is often very different if you look in

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Anonymous #3 1w

A different field. Look at this article from the Kellogg institute. https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/does-the-h1-b-visa-program-hurt-american-workers Something extremely notable is that they exclude the tech sector ENTIRELY during their study.

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Anonymous #3 1w

Lastly, as an Indian and the child of someone who came here on the h1-B program and still have lots of family and friends that used it too, OPs concerns are valid. Almost everyone I know only started to make real money once they got their green card and has mobility and weren’t tied to a company. They weren’t broke per se, but compared to others at the same company money was tight. Less than 10% of visa employees move around because of the company-status link. Compare that to about 25% elsewhere

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