[1024core]

It may not be hard, but there are no guarantees and a clock is ticking.

Say you lose your job. Boom, the clock starts ticking and now you're in a rush to find an acceptable job that meets the criteria of H1B.

Say your manager mistreats you; denies you promotion, raises, etc. and you want to leave. You can't just quit and start looking. You have to line up something that will come through in 60 days and only then you can be free to quit.

None of these situations apply to citizen or PRs. It tilts the balance definitely to the employer's advantage.

[dilyevsky]

> You can't just quit and start looking.

So? You’re not entitled to always get your favorite thing. Shocking, i know. Get a transfer, then turn in the notice. How hard can that be?

Id argue if you cant just get another job you’re probably not entitled to this visa designed for workers in high demand.

[digitalPhonix]

This was in response to

> So you basically become an indentured servant, always afraid Da Bossman will fire you [...]

So it’s kind of hard to get a job before getting fired if the firing is a perpetual threat.

> this visa designed for workers in high demand

No, it’s designed for people with “theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge”. Nothing about demand. If there was one person in the world who could frombulate widgets and only one employer in the US who needed to frombulate widgets, that person would be suitable for an H1B (subject to all it’s other restrictions).

That person would not be able to find another job quickly.