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2015-02-25 Economy

How Much Do H1-B Visa Holders Really Earn?

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Posted by Iblis 2015-02-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 It's about control. Remember the big Bay companies already got caught and convicted of rigging salaries to prevent labor competition. The judge rejected the ~~plea agreement~~ 'settlement'. Oh, and this little item.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-02-25 07:55|| 2015-02-25 07:55|| Front Page Top

#2 If your employer can prevent you from working someplace else, and send you back to the third world country you came from on a whim, and you cannot freely negotiate wages with another employer because your current employer owns your "license" to work...

That's H1B. THAT is what is wrong with the program. Either bring them in with the ability to compete directly and freely, or don't bring them in at all. Take the shackles off the H1B.

After all if we really do need this talent, then lets let them compete freely - they employers will just have to soak it up, and US workers will not be impacted nearly as much -- if its a true shortage as claimed then there will be plenty of demand.

Posted by OldSpook 2015-02-25 11:17|| 2015-02-25 11:17|| Front Page Top

#3 They are not completely powerless (or stupid). If an employer fires an H1-B they get 10 days to find a new job, so what happens is they find the new job, then quit. Happens all the time.

Posted by Iblis 2015-02-25 12:08|| 2015-02-25 12:08|| Front Page Top

#4 The problem with your plan, OldSpook, is that it would be fair. The government and the crony capitalists are not interested in fairness. They want the game to be rigged in their favor and so it is.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-02-25 12:13|| 2015-02-25 12:13|| Front Page Top

#5 It's not really about the pay, it's about the boost to rents and lowering salaries.
This directly benefits the establishment at the cost of the lower+middle classes.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2015-02-25 13:41|| 2015-02-25 13:41|| Front Page Top

#6 The old name for this sort of relationship was INDENTURED SERVANT!

The 14th Amendment should apply but the US mis-Justice system and all its blindfolded "Judges" refuse to see it as it's not their reality.

Let's import Judges and Politicians under the H1B Visa and see what these entitled classes think about it!

Posted by 3dc 2015-02-25 21:10|| 2015-02-25 21:10|| Front Page Top

#7 Iblis - 10 days? Are you kidding me? To take any sort of quality position, it takes about 2 weeks just to get thru the interview, and that doesnt count the resume winding its way thru from your buddy to the hiring manager then down to HR for them to set up the requisition.

Iblis, you're full of shit on this one. Sorry.

Posted by OldSpook 2015-02-25 22:02|| 2015-02-25 22:02|| Front Page Top

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