H1B / Offshoring Concerns

5 points by xoneill 6 months ago | 9 comments
  • xoneill 6 months ago
    Reddit post pulled despite a a very healthy debate over a growing issue:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/recruitinghell/comments/1htnn3m/ame...

    With all the debate over H1Bs, Offshoring is orders of magnitude more damaging.

    Of course they want to bring in Indians. Why would they want to pay a US citizen $100,000 a year or whatever the commensurate salary is for your job:

    https://47cleanupcrew.com/america-doesnt-got-talent/

    • raverbashing 6 months ago
      Looks like all the sites like unreddit went away, sigh
    • xoneill 6 months ago
      Looks like HN just pulled this post?
      • jarsin 6 months ago
        I still see it on page 2 of "new". It's tough to get h1b article upvotes on hn, ime.
        • xoneill 6 months ago
          Ah ok, seeing it now - thanks!
      • billy99k 6 months ago
        All of us concerned with this 10 years ago were called 'racists'. Welcome to I told you so.

        I solved the issue personally by changing careers into something that's not being outsourced (and won't any time soon), since nothing was being done about it.

        • yuehhangalt 6 months ago
          Would you be willing to share what career/field you moved into that won't be outsourced any time soon?

          Personally, after spending the last decade in FAANG, I've grown disillusioned with the tech world but still have kids I need to take care of for the next 10-15 years.

          • xoneill 6 months ago
            This is exactly what I did, proactively. I figured, better I just bite the bullet on my own terms. Saved up money for a year, and made the jump.
            • jarsin 6 months ago
              The worlds richest man just called everyone that came out against H1B a racist. He then proceeded to remove blue checks of vocal accounts who disagreed with him and shadow banned accounts by labeling them spam.