To begin what exactly is H1B visas? H1B is a non-immigrant visa in the US under the Immigration and Nationality Act, which allows U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations (USCIS.gov). This allows companies to get skilled workers with market flexibility if they have a shortage domestically. H1B visas also allows companies to employ workers at a lower cost than those that would work domestically, with a large amount of them coming from India, according to Stephan Manning from organizations and social change. The H1B visas result in US employees being replaced and forgotten in some circumstances in favor of workers who are cheaper.
According to Stephan Manning, two major shifts in employment of skilled workers …show more content…
In the article, Roberts states that companies utilize H1B workers to fill jobs that draw too few qualified applicants, some as we have seen abuse it. The article states that Charlotte is becoming a hot state to use H1B visas as 16,500 applications were filed for the metro area in tech positions. Shortage of skilled technology workers is brought up again in the article and says fuels to recruiters and companies hiring visa workers. “70 percent of H1B visas granted in 2014 were designated for someone born in India.”(Roberts) India is a hot spot for students who study highly technical things like technology, computer science, and engineering. The numbers of visa workers is evidently growing given by the article stating, “visa applications for Charlotte positions were up 39% last year from the year before- surpassing the roughly 25% increase nationwide. (Roberts)” Americans are not happy in this increase and not happy with companies investing so much time and money on visa workers to replace employee’s jobs. It ruins employee morale and faith in the company, it’s sad, because the company does not care as they have a highly technical replacement that was just as good for a cheaper price. McClathy, a company based in Sacramento, Calif., outsourced some technology functions to Wipro. McClathy claims the move is design in part to help accelerate its …show more content…
as so many workers are not unavailable due to a shortage. “Individuals competing for a visa in the regular “skilled” category, for people with a bachelor’s degree, will have less than a 20% chance of being selected in a lottery. Those with advanced degrees will have less than a 50% chance, she said. (Jordan)” Most H-1B workers will be advanced in their education and companies can still hire them at a reduced
According to Stephan Manning, two major shifts in employment of skilled workers …show more content…
In the article, Roberts states that companies utilize H1B workers to fill jobs that draw too few qualified applicants, some as we have seen abuse it. The article states that Charlotte is becoming a hot state to use H1B visas as 16,500 applications were filed for the metro area in tech positions. Shortage of skilled technology workers is brought up again in the article and says fuels to recruiters and companies hiring visa workers. “70 percent of H1B visas granted in 2014 were designated for someone born in India.”(Roberts) India is a hot spot for students who study highly technical things like technology, computer science, and engineering. The numbers of visa workers is evidently growing given by the article stating, “visa applications for Charlotte positions were up 39% last year from the year before- surpassing the roughly 25% increase nationwide. (Roberts)” Americans are not happy in this increase and not happy with companies investing so much time and money on visa workers to replace employee’s jobs. It ruins employee morale and faith in the company, it’s sad, because the company does not care as they have a highly technical replacement that was just as good for a cheaper price. McClathy, a company based in Sacramento, Calif., outsourced some technology functions to Wipro. McClathy claims the move is design in part to help accelerate its …show more content…
as so many workers are not unavailable due to a shortage. “Individuals competing for a visa in the regular “skilled” category, for people with a bachelor’s degree, will have less than a 20% chance of being selected in a lottery. Those with advanced degrees will have less than a 50% chance, she said. (Jordan)” Most H-1B workers will be advanced in their education and companies can still hire them at a reduced