Posted on 07/23/2020 12:54:05 PM PDT by NobleFree
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hers what they do in technical areas
they create a position and fill it with an incredible number of ‘required’ (but not really) skills and background needed plus demanding certain number of years doing it for a not-high dollar amt
then any us worker who doesnt have the laundry list of skills can be rejected for not having all the ‘required’ skills
then any us tech person who has the skills but not the all the desired years, can be rejected
and any us worker who has the skills and years sees the salary offered and sees they are not paying for all they demand, and doesn’t apply
so then they can interview foreigners, and then if rhey dont have all the years and skills, well, they didn’t really need them to have ALL thenskills and background listed, or the years, so they can pay even less as they ‘make concessions’ to hire the foreigner who didnt check all our boxes but he can pick them up otj
Up in this area a couple of years ago the head of one of the largest employer, said, during a employee employer Q&A that there would be no raises because they were counting on filling jobs with world market people who would not require additional pay.
This is a place that makes a huge profit.
Make H1B visas come with a 15% wage premium over the 67th percentile wage level for the position.
I’ve seen it happen. It’s a major scam. You nailed it.
i’ve lived it
Lots of loopholes since skills can be very ambiguous in value. The only way to do this is to put in a floor (say 200k) along with a very high application fee (100k)
same
its been done across many industries, not just the tech fields.
create a position and pad it with a ton of unneeded requirements and years of experience
easy to reject applicants based on a huge laundry list of phony essentials they ‘have to have’
those few that do have all the skills and experience see the pay isn’t worth it and don’t apply
socthen the emplyoer can shop it to cheaper foreign workers, who also never had all the ‘required skill and experience’ but the job never needed the entire list the company said it did, so they say we’ll hire the foreign guy but he doesnt have x,y and z so we’ll pay that much less for him
Too low. Let ‘em pay $250,000 + benefits + fees + attorney fees to start. Let ‘em bid higher if they want.
If they’re that good, $250,000+ won’t be a problem.
Not quite — the foreign workers provide bullsh*t resumes that somehow have all the required obscure skills and impossible years of experience, and a PhD to boot.
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