[redserk]

After graduating college I joined a company that paid generally below-market for everyone and had a significant number of H-1B employees and contractors.

The benefits were legendary but the pay was 20-30% lower than what was around.

I don’t have evidence of wrongdoing but I’ve occasionally wondered if it was some kind of scheme.

[jdlshore]

“Legendary” benefits (especially healthcare) are extremely expensive. It’s plausible that the average total compensation was the same, or even more, than other companies. The trick is that not everyone gets the same value from those benefits.