Good. Give some Americans an opportunity at Apple. Also, the President's concern is the US and the safety of its citizens over labor difficulties at Apple.
I've worked with a lot of H1Bs before, and a pretty significant portion of them were anything, but highly-skilled. In fact, they were mostly hired for lower level roles that anyone who took a programming class could perform. Don't fall for the "there are no qualified Americans" myth, it's complete nonsense.
I've worked with a lot of H1Bs before, and a pretty significant portion of them were anything, but highly-skilled. In fact, they were mostly hired for lower level roles that anyone who took a programming class could perform. Don't fall for the "there are no qualified Americans" myth, it's complete nonsense.
I agree. I work with many H1Bs and they are not a highly skilled employee. Their best skill is their willingness to work unlimited hours. They are not skilled and often know very little that cannot be found with a simple search.
The other reason is that, until recently, our primary and secondary schools haven't done such a great job preparing students to major in STEM.Exactly.
"Americans don't like STEM" is just about the dumbest excuse I have ever heard. Maybe the reason they "don't like STEM" is because there are no jobs for them after graduation due to H1B abuses by large corporations or because wages have been so depressed due to those abuses.
Canada has a policy - you cannot hire a foreign worker if you can find existing employees in Canada. Up until Harper, not sure if its been reversed but foreign workers must be paid the same as a resident. Foreign workers cannot be used to decrease the salary.
Why can’t these employees just do the same job in their own country? If Apple hired 1,000 Indians then just get a building for 1,000 Indians in India. Pay them a comparable Indian salary and just as importantly relieve some of the Silicon Valley housing crisis. These tech companies are all about globalization except oddly for their own employees, and you can’t tell me it’s essential for all these foreign hires to be in the same location. They just want to share the relative greatness of the US soil while paying no attention to what the economic impact is on the natives.
Actually, it is quite essential. Otherwise Apple would certainly be happy to have engineering teams in India, where they pay 10% of Silicon Valley salaries. It's not some Manifest Destiny kind of irrational nationalism on Apple's behalf that makes them bring everyone to Cupertino. Teams simply work together far better locally and face-to-face. Apple's company culture is already competitive enough as it is. Adding competition between sites would really make things terribly difficult for them.Why can’t these employees just do the same job in their own country? If Apple hired 1,000 Indians then just get a building for 1,000 Indians in India. Pay them a comparable Indian salary and just as importantly relieve some of the Silicon Valley housing crisis. These tech companies are all about globalization except oddly for their own employees, and you can’t tell me it’s essential for all these foreign hires to be in the same location.
I've worked with a lot of H1Bs before, and a pretty significant portion of them were anything, but highly-skilled. In fact, they were mostly hired for lower level roles that anyone who took a programming class could perform. Don't fall for the "there are no qualified Americans" myth, it's complete nonsense.
Source?Hey Apple!
Stop acting so entitled to things and stop treating the visa program as an affirmative action program.
There are plenty of qualified US Citizens who are ready to work. You just choose not to hire them.
Hallelujah! It's about time, the H1B program is abused mercilessly by pretty much every tech company to replace American workers with cheap foreign labor. I bet those Disney employees who had to train their Indian replacements before being let go are dancing in the streets.
So you mean someone with an interest in and talent for STEM picks up a liberal arts major because they expect that the salaries in STEM will not be to their liking due to "H1-B abuse"?"Americans don't like STEM" is just about the dumbest excuse I have ever heard. Maybe the reason they "don't like STEM" is because there are no jobs for them after graduation due to H1B abuses by large corporations or because wages have been so depressed due to those abuses.
Directly affecting tech companies is H-1B, which lets companies like Apple hire appropriately skilled workers for specific jobs when there is a dearth of local talent available.
I can't stand Trump but the abuse of H1B visas to drive down salaries for US skilled labor is real.
Good. Give some Americans an opportunity at Apple. Also, the President's concern is the US and the safety of its citizens over labor difficulties at Apple.
The H1B program has been abused by body shops. It's a well-known fact in the software and IT industries, and putting a minimum salary for H1Bs is a step in the right direction.
Machines will take their place. What machines can't do will be contracted on forgien soil. Basically, Americans shouldn't get to happy until they see the end results.