Microsoft issued internal memo advising H1B employees to return immediately if currently abroad, including family members. The new “fee” comes into effect tonight at midnight.

Pro@programming.dev · edit-2 12 hours ago

Microsoft issued internal memo advising H1B employees to return immediately if currently abroad, including family members. The new “fee” comes into effect tonight at midnight.

dan · 12 hours ago

if it keeps jobs in America

How would it do that? If anything, the opposite will happen. Instead of bringing skilled workers from other countries into the USA (which benefits the US as they pay US taxes and spend money in the US), companies will instead hire those same people to work at their other offices (London, Sydney, Singapore, wherever), or just outsource the work.

Alexstarfire@lemmy.world · 12 hours ago

Well, I did say if. Not every company has international offices. And not all of those positions can be filled overseas either.