It makes me so mad that there are CS grads who can't find work at the same time as companies are exploiting the H1B process saying "there aren't enough applicants". When are these companies going to be held accountable?

[–] deaf_fish@midwest.social 16 points 1 month ago

Never, they donate to get the politicians reelected.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This is in no way new. 20 years ago I used to refer to some job postings as H1Bait because they'd have requirements that were physically impossible (like having 5 years experience with a piece of software <2 years old) specifically so they could claim they couldn't find anyone qualified (because anyone claiming to be qualified was definitely lying) to justify an H1B for which they would be suddenly way less thorough about checking qualifications.

[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It's so much worse than it was. AIs have absolutely murdered entry-level positions

[–] OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah companies have always been abusing H1B, but it seems like only recently is it so hard for CS grads to find jobs. I didn't have much trouble in 2010 and it was easy to hop jobs for me the last 10 years.

Now, not so much.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

After they fill up on H1B workers and find out that only 1/10 is a good investment.

H1B development work has been a thing for decades, but there's a reason why there are still high-paying development jobs in the US.