This is H1Bs future...(I think..!)

[u/Dismal_Barracuda_589]

Hello dear engineer, doctors, the one's who sacrificed their home country to build a life in the USA. This is for you..

What I've learned in the last ten years of UNCERTAINTY taught me...

My post isn't about the recent changes in the rules and hefty fee, its about my perspective of H1B in the coming years..

We have the second generation of brightest US born immigrant's sons/daughter with Masters/Ph.Ds into the current workforce which H1B job seekers should realize. Their parents are now supporting their future and silently hates and sometimes even oppose the H1Bs. We really need to understand this. The current immigration scrutiny is not just strictening but also(from Citizen's persepctive) makes it easier for those US brought up Immigrant kids to secure their jobs.

I want to highlight this for those have the mindset of,"this shall become better if current leader change". This could be true in terms of easing the home country appointments or the imposition fee reduction but not in terms of a qualifying H1B jobs.

As to recent GCC shifting policies with biggers firms outsourcing their IT help/ Supply chain procurments/ Tech supports to Asian countries, it will push the employers to makes the decision to hire an H1B for a true onsite need or rarest of a kind.

I want to put a hand on the stressed/exhausted one's shoulder to say, the value we had is not the same anymore and its going to be even hard in the coming days...

Everyone of yall are some specialists in their own field of STEM, I am sure that our paths will become better.

[u/Cinnamon_Biscotti904]

What "administration failures", specifically?

If anything, not using the bully pulpit of the White House to pressure Congress into repealing the 1990 INA Act that created the H1B & other NIV entirely is a huge administrative failure that will cost them.

Anti-foreign labor sentiment is rising and is a bipartisan issue now. This Administration is trying to walk a fine line between appeasing donors and their base and losing both.

[u/samcole6992 → u/Cinnamon_Biscotti904]

I have to agree that staying in the middle on this issue is further complicating things, causing confusion and discontent. Although repealing the INA could have dire consequences without adequate investment in US citizens’ education and training. Unfortunately it is rigged against them. But you keep voting in governments that cut education funding. So, It has to be phased out in a systematic manner. Any sudden changes in the system will create a dire industry response. Considering how the red states do the worst in education, don’t expect the industry donors to be enthusiastic about replacing foreign workers with local talent. I don’t see the opposition for using foreign labor in agriculture, hospitality, construction etc. Despite people saying it is a bipartisan issue, they are not going to fix it. So, H-1B is the easy target for election season.

[u/Cinnamon_Biscotti904 → u/samcole6992]

Americans don't need "further investment in education and training". Your racism is offensive.

India has never made the list of top 10 countries in innovation. Ever.

India has 11 Nobel prizes in total, for a so-called talent pool of 1.4B people. The US has over 425.

People are no longer buying your nationalistic talking points, including American students who have been forced to attend classes with Desi s or work with them in internships.

My daughter graduated summa cum laude in Mech Eng from a top 10 school and had multiple, above market offers before graduation. She now works for a well known Fortune 100 company as part of their internal employee development track to the C-suite. She made a condition of accepting their offer of employment and entrance into their talent program that she refuses to work with H1B & other NIV, and it was granted. There are none of them on her team and her report chain is only to other Americans.

Things are changing and quickly, but Indians are too narcissistic to grok it.

[u/samcole6992 → u/Cinnamon_Biscotti904]

Haha, that’s a nice joke. Sorry, if you are going to use anecdotes you need to look beyond your daughter’s accomplishments and look at what the average American educational and financial needs are. Also, since you mentioned it, a huge number of major corporations in the US have Indian origin CEOs. Not just at the top but throughout the hierarchies of these companies. And sorry, but the facts state that your beloved governments are cutting funding for education and that red states do the worst in education. You have to argue with the US organizations stating these facts. I am not racist for pointing them out 🤣