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Archive Paying people less to do the work being done by the people they abused and deported. The layer of NYT-sleaze is thick
minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days ago When this happens in any other industry, you raise wages until the labor market appreciates your job offer. Eh, maybe. H1-B has been used to artificially hold down IT wages for decades now.
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 days agoEngineering too. A huge chunk of my company’s design engineering staff are H-1B because you can get away with paying a lot less.
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoH1B is just the same problem as H2A and is heavily abused. The poster is correct — this is a way to avoid paying what those jobs are actually worth.
Eh, maybe. H1-B has been used to artificially hold down IT wages for decades now.
Engineering too. A huge chunk of my company’s design engineering staff are H-1B because you can get away with paying a lot less.
H1B is just the same problem as H2A and is heavily abused. The poster is correct — this is a way to avoid paying what those jobs are actually worth.