Until the employment of citizens is at 100% there should be no h-1b employees. I am very qualified for many tech jobs, but with some it is impossible to get even an interview; that should not be the case.
Look around at any place that lives off of government grants, and look at the make-up of who gets that money. In stem related fields i would say that it is well under 50% citizens, and under 20% white citizens. Just walk around in a research facility at UCLA or any major research university; the faculty are not american, the researchers are not american, BUT it is all funded by america.
It's almost like H1-Bs are supposed to be for positions that there isn't ample workers for. Skilled jobs that have more demand than supply. It's almost like most of the unemployed aren't suitable for those jobs.
yes, that is the talking point, but I am saying that it is not true. If americans don't even get interviewed for the jobs that ends up being filled by an H-1B, then there is something wrong going on. In tax-funded research especially, tax dollars are being used to give experience to non-americans, and then when industry needs people in that field there is a lack of experienced workers... it wasn't that long ago that companies courted american students while they were still in college and the students had contracts that they would work for the companies before the graduated. what changed? H-1B.
Yup, when you don't want to train employees anyone and want everyone to be replaceable parts then you run into the problem of no one qualified wanting to accept your conditions. So you solve that by introducing H-1B.
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peacegnome ago
Until the employment of citizens is at 100% there should be no h-1b employees. I am very qualified for many tech jobs, but with some it is impossible to get even an interview; that should not be the case.
Look around at any place that lives off of government grants, and look at the make-up of who gets that money. In stem related fields i would say that it is well under 50% citizens, and under 20% white citizens. Just walk around in a research facility at UCLA or any major research university; the faculty are not american, the researchers are not american, BUT it is all funded by america.
speedisavirus ago
It's almost like H1-Bs are supposed to be for positions that there isn't ample workers for. Skilled jobs that have more demand than supply. It's almost like most of the unemployed aren't suitable for those jobs.
RoBatten ago
The program has been abused to only provide lower-cost indentured employees to corporations who's shareholders benefit from it.
speedisavirus ago
Not only. Some yes. Some no.
peacegnome ago
yes, that is the talking point, but I am saying that it is not true. If americans don't even get interviewed for the jobs that ends up being filled by an H-1B, then there is something wrong going on. In tax-funded research especially, tax dollars are being used to give experience to non-americans, and then when industry needs people in that field there is a lack of experienced workers... it wasn't that long ago that companies courted american students while they were still in college and the students had contracts that they would work for the companies before the graduated. what changed? H-1B.
xberb ago
It is true though
lanre ago
Yup, when you don't want to train employees anyone and want everyone to be replaceable parts then you run into the problem of no one qualified wanting to accept your conditions. So you solve that by introducing H-1B.