Everywhere I look the downturn is because of “outsourcing”, “India taking our jobs!!”, “cheap overseas labor” and never, never ever porky’s fault. It’s the dirty immigrant labor, not the guys who talk about having “properties”. I’ve always seen this shit floating around in white collar jobs as long as I’ve been working but it’s been really amped up the last few weeks. I am not surprised that people are just this racist on their own but at least some of it feels very manufactured.

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[–] Jenniferrr@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh yeah, H1B visa recipients in my experience tend to be extraordinarily hard working. I know a few and literally they work 7 days a week, at least 12 hours a day (many times, 16).

[–] thethirdgracchi@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah it's often because the H1B is a particularly precarious visa as it's tied to your employer, so if they don't do a good job and get fired or laid off or whatever they also then get deported. It's not exactly "slave labour" since like they're earning good money and can leave whenever etc etc but it's certainly exploitative with an added reward of deportation for not doing 150% of your job.

[–] Lemister@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago

I mean gilded shackles are still shackles.

[–] Jenniferrr@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago

Yeah that makes a lot of sense