Posted on 04/03/2026 3:39:15 AM PDT by Libloather
As thousands of Oracle employees awoke on Tuesday to an email informing them they were being laid off, the workers likely didn’t know the tech company had been busy trying to hire foreign staff.
According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services data, Oracle filed for roughly 3,126 petitions to employ H-1B workers in fiscal years 2025 and 2026. Employers must submit the paperwork when seeking to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations like technology. Some 436 of those petitions were filed this year alone.
Amazon, which in January said it would axe 16,000 corporate employees, has filed for some 2,675 H-1B petitions during the same two-year fiscal period. That came on top of news in October that the retail giant was axing 14,000 corporate workers.
News of Oracle’s attempts to bring in foreign workers sparked outrage among some on social media.
One user on the app Blind, an anonymous forum for verified employees, called the H-1B petitions a “slap in our face.”
“If this doesn’t make you angry, maybe you need to read some heartfelt posts on LinkedIn from Oracle employees who are US citizens and have been laid off after working at Oracle for years,” the user wrote.
Another commenter posted on the site: “Look at all big tech companies, they do massive layoffs then rehire at lower salary.”
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“H-1B visas were the subject of an uproar in September after President Donald Trump signed a proclamation that imposed a $100,000 per year fee on some H-1B visa holders.”
False. It’s a one-time fee and not on holders but on new applications. This fake fee was a total bait and switch and Trump and Lutnick are lying to give their Silicon Valley buddies cheap dalit labor.
True, Libloather. But, absent clear and compelling evidence that the foreign worker brings talents and training clearly unavailable in the US workforce, then the H1B requests should be denied.
Hire Americans. Pay Americans.
Welcome to Oracles “Little India.”
Curried rice anyone?
Slave labor is always the best labor... Foreign workers make less money, are typically housed and fed by the employers and then docked for their room and board by the employer. It’s a win win situation for the employer.
You hire some highly educated foreign worker... Pay him $25 or $30 and hour... Charge him $15 for room and board, and then you are actually only paying them $10 or $15 per hour... Even better... Make them salaried employees... You’ll likely save yourself even more money.
"It’s a one-time fee and not on holders but on new applications."
"highly educated foreign worker"
So much winning
I have come to suspect that some current H1B holder got into a position of management and deiced to bring over a bunch more.
I had the stupidest H1B management worker at a recent company who only seemed to want to hire more. He had absolutely no idea how to write software.
They infiltrate HR.
Recall Donnie Gave A Billionaire Pal 65.000 H 1Visas ?
Here we are .
Donnie is real Quiet about this massive lay off and H ! Visas invasion . Its because he KNEWV and Okayed it .
The FAKE America First Fraud who has no American staff at his resorts strikes again .
American First my Butt.
And Pushing a Indian Invader in Ohio who hates American workers and loves fellow Currie reeking Indian invaders Job stealers .
That Cow worshipper will flip Ohio deep Blue,
No one person will vote for there ENEMY .
Thanks Trump
The midterm destruction you help create.
I thought AI was the great replacement now for tech jobs...
It does seem that H1b visas have gone down since trump’s fee on them so at least it’s going in the right direction.
“Slave labor is always the best labor... Foreign workers make less money, are typically housed and fed by the employers and then docked for their room and board by the employer. It’s a win win situation for the employer.
You hire some highly educated foreign worker... Pay him $25 or $30 and hour... Charge him $15 for room and board, and then you are actually only paying them $10 or $15 per hour... Even better... Make them salaried employees... You’ll likely save yourself even more money.”
I worked for a medium sized shipyard that did exactly this. The owner bought a shipyard in Mexico and used a visa where you can transfer workers between facilities (totally legal). Then he bought apartment complexes to house the workers and charge them rent. He probably made a killing off the scheme but still went bankrupt.
a step in the right direction, I agree - but still no reason we can’t cut H-1B visas by 80%+...
I would have just cancelled new visas and let the companies run out the 3 to six years length the h1bs
That would give the companies plenty of time to hire Americans have the Indians train the new workers
Larry Ellison heads Oracle.
Trump also pressured China to sell TikTok to Ellison.
Trump has been good to Ellison.
In return, Ellison is screwing American workers.
Curry code.
Neo slavery fascism bump
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