Exactly. The H1-B program has been so abused by the tech industry that it’s basically just indentured servitude.
Bring in low-cost labor from India, including their families, then tie their visa status to their employment so that if they’re ever fired, they immediately get deported. Those workers are going to be too scared to demand better wages/benefits for fear of being fired, which drives down the cost of labor for US citizens in the same industry who now have to compete for jobs against these workers.
And all the while, companies get to “sane wash” what is essentially the same thing as the “outsourcing” that they were all so maligned for in the 2000s.
Exactly. The H1-B program has been so abused by the tech industry that it’s basically just indentured servitude.
Bring in low-cost labor from India, including their families, then tie their visa status to their employment so that if they’re ever fired, they immediately get deported. Those workers are going to be too scared to demand better wages/benefits for fear of being fired, which drives down the cost of labor for US citizens in the same industry who now have to compete for jobs against these workers.
And all the while, companies get to “sane wash” what is essentially the same thing as the “outsourcing” that they were all so maligned for in the 2000s.