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Nobody's Buying the H1B bullshit anymore


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2024 Dec 25, 11:31pm   3,170 views  78 comments

by AmericanKulak   ➕follow (11)   ignore  

Sorry Big Tech HR Girls and CEOs.

Nobody is buying the bullshit that lowering H1Bs will stop the next Werner von Braun or Einstein from being scooped up by the USA.

Everybody knows Raj probably doesn't have the 1-2 year nonname, fly-by-night Mumbai tech schoo degree. I suspect most couldn't pass a basic Linux Foundation or COMPTIA Core Test. You just want them because you don't have to pay them unemployment, work them 50-60 hours for 40, and that 40 at less than having the job done by an actual basic certified American (much less a CS degree from any university or college).

We have a visa for real world-class researchers, it's the O-1 Visa.

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74   AD   2025 Mar 20, 12:45pm  

This is related to work visas as Panama City Beach area (Bay County, Florida) has a lot of work visa employees in the hospitality and tourism industries.

A friend told me today there was a line out the door of job applicants for Auntie Ann's (pretzel shop) in Pier Park Panama City Beach.

Yet the local power brokers claim we need work visas since there is not enough of a local labor pool.

Just go to Employ Bay County page on Facebook to see how a lot of people cannot find work.
75   MolotovCocktail   2025 Apr 15, 11:00pm  

Hmmm....maybe I will go back into Tech again:

Big changes are underway for U.S. visas, quietly.

The age of cheap, temporary H-1B labor is ending.

The Trump administration isn’t just slowing new approvals.
It’s laying the groundwork to make visa sponsorship financially painful.

Under the H-1B Modernization Rule and USCIS’s new fee schedule, costs are rising.
And now, wage floor increases are back under review, targeting exactly how much employers must pay to keep a visa worker.

This isn’t about protecting workers.
It’s about shrinking demand without needing Congress.

These changes affect existing visa holders.
If your role is up for renewal, transfer, or amendment, your employer may soon face higher wage requirements or new documentation standards.

Promotions may be delayed.
Transfers could be reconsidered.
And companies are already rethinking whether H-1B staffing is worth the long-term cost.

They’re starting to prioritize workers they can keep permanently.
That means U.S. citizens.

If you're on a visa and in a cost-sensitive role, understand this clearly.
The pressure is already building.

Citations in comments.
Shout out to my checkers who caught a citation error. Thx.




https://x.com/niftyswell/status/1912256349653590029
76   Patrick   2025 Apr 20, 8:31pm  

It's nice, but not nearly enough. H-1B should be reserved for jobs paying half a million a year or more.
77   AmericanKulak   2025 Apr 21, 4:45am  

How does the Indian IT industry survive without giving Pakistanis and Bangladeshis H1Bs?

Clearly Modi must pass a law allowing at least 100k H1Bs into India to work in call centers, before India loses their competitiveness.

hahaha
78   Patrick   2025 Apr 21, 11:09am  

MolotovCocktail says

The age of cheap, temporary H-1B labor is ending.


Occurs to me that this could have a very positive effect on real estate in the Bay Area, meaning lower prices and lower rents.

Fewer H-1Bs means less competition for housing.

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