On 2015-12-18 13:39, David Schwartz wrote: > Do you mean H-1B visas? I read H2 - non agricultural workers. I see it is low skilled workers. Sorry to post here. I thought it meant anyone except agricultural workers. My apologies. https://www.numbersusa.com/news/spending-bill-quadruple-h-2b-visas-2016 > > This is really sad, because there’s already so much fraud around this > that it’s silly. Congress knows about it, and they have refused to do > anything to address it. > > There are tons of Indian recruiting firms that set up shop > specifically to funnel their friends here under H-1B visas. I’m > contacted by them regularly. The only thing they want to know is your > “rate and availability”, then they almost always tell me that the > client isn’t willing to pay more than $22 or $23 per hour, or a salary > above $55k-$60k. This is for supposedly “senior” roles! > > I think they’re simply trying to document the “fact” that they’re > unable to hire US Citizens for these jobs in order to justify > somebody’s H-1B visa. > > The major impetus behind this effort has come from the biggest > software employers in the country: Microsoft, HP, Apple, Oracle, IBM, > etc. > > It costs them $50k to prosecute every one of these visas! That’s on > top of salary and benefits. > > See, this is what happens when taxes are so low that there’s no Please explain what you mean by low taxes. > leverage to implement tax benefits. They’d rather spend $50k to hire a > foreigner and bring them over here than spend a plugged nickel on > retraining unemployed US Citizens. > > H-1B job holders also have a “hidden benefit” in that it’s a > guaranteed job until their green card issues, which takes between five > and ten years right now. > > To reward taxpayers for this, we’re being shoved into contract roles > with no benefits so they can cut costs quickly if their financials > take a hit. No job security, no retirement, no health benefits. > > But those foreigners coming here under H-1B visas … they’re making out > like bandits! > > Has anybody noticed how few employers are paying relocation expenses > these days? Wouldn’t you love to be treated the same was new college > grads from India and Pakistan? > > At least Congress could reverse Section 1706 of the Tax Code that > eliminates the “safe harbor” provision for contractors in the tech > industry. This is what forces most companies to hire through job shops > rather than hire 1099 contractors directly. Lots of industries are > exploding by accessing labor directly as 1099 contractors, except the > tech industry is still saddled with this stupid and counter-productive > restriction that has never done what it was believed it would. > > -David "The Tool Wiz" Schwartz > > > >> On Dec 18, 2015, at 12:52 PM, Keith Smith >> wrote: >> >> >> >> I just read this about our U.S.Government spending bill : >> >> Tucked into the 2,009-page spending bill is a provision that would >> quadruple the number of H-2B visas allowed annually from 66,000 to >> 264,000. >> >> I wonder how may of the tech companies in the Chandler Price Corridor >> will be taking advantage of this while being subsidised by the City of >> Chandler. >> >> I expect most of those companies use Linux in one form or another. >> >> >> -- >> Keith Smith >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Keith Smith --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss