[badmash69]

wow ! I always thought H1B was bad -- but this would be would be so much worse. With H1B, I was merely prevented from seeking employment elsewhere or walking away from the job but I was still protected by the laws and had some rights. However this 'Googleplex of the Sea' could a prison for programmers. If you left/lost an H1B job you have 30 days to pack your stuff and leave the country or get a new H1B application in . I am not sure what the laws of the sea are about leaving/losing a job on the sea.

[badmash69]

Not sure why I was down voted, but the ppint I was making os that as I have grown older , I have come to appreciate laws including labour and immigration laws. With H1B visa, I could invest in USA, I could buy a home in USA, my kids could attend the local school,my family had health insurance -- these are all nice rights to have. Al the while from being protected from harassment and abuse and other bad stuff. A programmer on that ship is unlikely to have any of those rights and privileges.

Let me put it this way -- would you be willing to hire programmers so desperate for work that they would be willing sacrifice their basic human rights and voluntarily give up all the protections provided by laws ?