some of the remaining jobs are staffed with illegals
In the already existing tech sector, it's a large %, I personally work with 3 people who I did not know were H1B until about a year into the job. Several of those month long 'trips to india' were actually to just re-fill out a lot of paperwork to make sure they kept their job.
Several of those month long 'trips to india' were actually to just re-fill out a lot of paperwork to make sure they kept their job.
That sounds like abuse of temporary work permits. To repeatedly apply for them. But I'm not an expert.
What they have to be is interchangeable. Because they may come in and out of a job based on funding. The immigration lottery means you don't get necessarily the particular people you want. If you had any preference. But that's how we get "Software Engineer III" job that the executives can claim to be unable to fill with native. Of course "an" Indian is right there to slot into the job.
It's interesting how so many engineers/programmers initially thought they were so good that immigration wouldn't threaten them. From a libertarian perspective. But the same thing happened as with other (let's he honest semi-)skilled labor. It drove the wages down and created a class of work product of substandard quality that is accepted.
I'm not either, partially because I don't want another thing i'm looking at to consume my little faith left in humanity. We already got the troonening and the absolute failure of all medical institutions (which is also related to imported 'professionals' but I digress).
The ones I work with are fine enough, but the system is still clearly being used inappropriately, and shaped by those above to save a buck.
In the already existing tech sector, it's a large %, I personally work with 3 people who I did not know were H1B until about a year into the job. Several of those month long 'trips to india' were actually to just re-fill out a lot of paperwork to make sure they kept their job.
That sounds like abuse of temporary work permits. To repeatedly apply for them. But I'm not an expert.
What they have to be is interchangeable. Because they may come in and out of a job based on funding. The immigration lottery means you don't get necessarily the particular people you want. If you had any preference. But that's how we get "Software Engineer III" job that the executives can claim to be unable to fill with native. Of course "an" Indian is right there to slot into the job.
It's interesting how so many engineers/programmers initially thought they were so good that immigration wouldn't threaten them. From a libertarian perspective. But the same thing happened as with other (let's he honest semi-)skilled labor. It drove the wages down and created a class of work product of substandard quality that is accepted.
I'm not either, partially because I don't want another thing i'm looking at to consume my little faith left in humanity. We already got the troonening and the absolute failure of all medical institutions (which is also related to imported 'professionals' but I digress).
The ones I work with are fine enough, but the system is still clearly being used inappropriately, and shaped by those above to save a buck.