| > I can't believe this is how the country I live in treats people who bring their high-demand skills here. Well, I highly doubt American companies are pushing for this treatment. They benefit the most from getting whoever they want to hire however they want to hire them. So, you must be implying that this "treatment" is coming from a non-corporate entity? > that there is a bedrock of people they are allowed to treat this way puts a hard ceiling on your own compensation. This argument is strange, because you are implying that it is the corporations that are kicking people out. But, I am not sure that aligns with their incentives. So, if the corporations are not the ones kicking the desirable people out then why would losing that person force them to put a hard ceiling on others potential compensation? I am not sure I follow the logic. > I can't believe this is how interviewing works in this field. I 100% agre. It is broken. But, I also think we are not being honest as to why. If we think logically (and game-theoretically) then it is easy to assume that these corporations have a huge incentive to engage in this behavior. Could it be that they have a sea of choice beyond anything the tech industry has ever had before? |
E.g. a citizen can decline an offer in order to negotiate it up, but if the clock is ticking on your h1b, then you wouldn't want to get called on that bluff.
The limitations don't seem to dissuade H1b applicants, so companies like that they have more control over those employees without decreasing total supply.