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The H-1B Swindle

Posted by Zonk on from the not-fair-use dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A new study shows that companies hire foreign workers for cheap labor, not skill." From the article:"When you look at computer job titles by state, California has one of the biggest differentials between OES salaries and H-1B salaries. The average salary for a programmer in California is $73,960, according to the OES. The average salary paid to an H-1B visa worker for the same job is $53,387; a difference of $20,573 ... H-1B visa workers were also concentrated at the bottom end of the wage scale, with the majority of H-1B visa workers in the 10-24 percentile range. 'That means the largest concentration of H-1B workers make less than [the] highest 75 percent of the U.S. wage earners,' the report notes. "

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  1. OK, that's obvious on the surface... by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Interesting

    What's beneath it is probably some hideous unethical, if not illegal, practice of hiring only H-1B people into jobs.

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    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
  2. This is common by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Is anyone suprised by this?
    My employeer scours the fourth world for masters degrees, sponsors thier visa, then pays them $10/hour and forces them into unpaid overtime. After all, if they complain, the company can just stop sponsoring thier work visa ..

    Unethical? Yes.
    Illigal? Not in this state.

    -Annonymousguywhodoesntwanttogetfired