#h1b

Trump admin to make decision on OPT end of year.
Many senators already sent letter to DHS secretary to abolish the program effective immediately.

For context , about 500K OPT is used by companies yearly. This is even worse than H1B
Just fresh graduates taking over your job.

For the H1B, MTG already introduced a bill to abolish it. Unfortunately, Trump wants the H1B to satisfy his tech donors and oligarchs.

The recent round of Amazon corporate layoffs isn’t a sign of an imminent AI apocalypse. It's an expression of the company's brutal corporate culture, enabled by its use of the H-1B visa program.

https://jacobin.com/2025/11/amazon-layoffs-artificial-intelligence-h-1b-visa

Indian-origin Howard professor Ronil Hira, a critic of the H-1B visa, explained why U.S. companies favor it. Despite President Trump recently signaling a need for certain foreign talent, the administration imposed a $100,000 fee on H-1B hires, sending mixed messages. Hira noted that many H-1B workers have ordinary skills available domestically, but employers prefer them because they can be paid less and are bound to their employers. While some highly skilled workers do come via H-1B, the program often fills roles for cost and control rather than genuine skill gaps. Hira emphasized that H-1B is a labor policy, not an immigration issue, and criticized its weak worker protections, which make it attractive to Silicon Valley.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/they-are-controllable-indian-origin-howard-professor-explains-2-reasons-why-us-companies-prefer-h-1bs/articleshow/125350198.cms

You have people that don’t want to share success in a toxic work environment in some groups.

You have people, everyone, that hates training. Why train a guy who’ll outshine you? May not be in your best interest to give the best knowledge to this guy, or that guy, you need to be the king don’t you? This is a real issue not many talk about.

You have engineers that don’t know their own tools. And for the longest time, majority of the engineers never showed up on sight until fairly recently.

You have engineers that compete on levels rather than working as a team. For example, the H1B invaders 100% will throw you under the bus or like the other said take credit for work or blame you. I found it hilarious to see a bunch of HR people from India firing Americans.

The US pumps out stem more than any other country on earth we do not need hoards of H1B fake talent and fake degrees. India is severely overpopulated I can understand why some people are concerned about their huge numbers and they very much stick with their own and favor their own yet you might have a few Indian friends you like. Eventually this will reach a point where they’ll all need to go back to India. They are not needed at all. They are here for cheap labor and will promote more H1B in invading numbers to come work for near 30 days a month on a what often is a poor salary.

Most American corporations do not respect TCS. They only put up with TCS as they have the cheaper billing rates in the industry, just warm bodies filling up a chair. With the new Trump H1-B $100K visa rules, those bodies are disappearing from the client site.
TCS has no interest in the employees, they just want them to generate revenues.
No wonder TCS abuses their employees.
TCS su-ks.

“The President’s vision here is to bring in overseas workers who have the skills for three, five, or seven years to train US workers. Then they can go home, and U.S. workers will fully take over,” Bessent said.

Poetic justice for all the Americans forced to train their Indian replacements before being sent to the unemployment line.

RIFed US workers before H1B visa holders? Shouldn't the H1B workers be RIFed before a US citizen?

Verizon retaining employees with H-1B visa status versus retaining US citizens. What gives? What is the US employment law statue?

Americans used to be qualified to do any job. What changed?

Ingraham on Fox: “Does that mean the H1-B visa thing will be deprioritized for the administration”

Trump: “We you have to have Talent”

Ingraham on Fox: “Sir, we have plenty of Talent here in America”

Trump: “No, you don’t, no you don’t, no you don’t”

Ingraham on Fox: “We’ll how did we do it before - for the entire history of our nation?”

(300,000 more jobs are expected to be lost before end of year, brining the total loss to 1,500,000 net jobs loss in 2025).

If you worked there prior to 2000yr, then you remember how great a company this was.
People could worked their way up the job ladder through hard work.

The company rewarded employees with good raises and bonuses.
The company motto was " Our employees are our greatest assets"

Then around 2000yr a dark cloud appeared and the company became obsessed with
saving money through any means.

Suddenly raises and bonuses were reduced to 2%. Then came the period of working
2 to 3 years with no raises or bonuses.

Departments saw their staff cut 25% to 40% sometimes 50%
To add insult to injury then came in the massive flux of H1B workers to take jobs from
U.S workers.

US Department of Labor has launched an initiative to prevent the abuse by corporations often H-1B Visa program spamming the over hiring of jobs that are displacing US Citizens. The initiative is focused on ensuring that US American Citizens are put at higher priority for skilled labor jobs in technology and healthcare.

The economy is worse than it was in 2009, and there are very few jobs available in the market. Yet, the current administration does not send H-1B workers back or prioritize American citizens in hiring decisions. President Obama handled the 2009 recession more effectively; he ensured that H-1B workers remained in India by denying visa approvals.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-reveals-over-100-investigations-into-h-1b-abuses-as-it-pledges-every-resource-to-protect-us-jobs

Duck and cover. How much did Walmart cover up? How many H1Bs were rigged or abused.

While you’re sweating it out, fearing the next round of layoffs, Mike Wirth’s raking in obscene cash $60 MILLION in 2021 (more than 50,000 Ecuadorians combined!), $29 MILLION in 2022, and a fat $32.7 MILLION in 2024 with a smug 19% raise. Meanwhile, your pay’s stuck in the mud. 😒 Chevron slashed 20% of you in February 2025 to “save costs” (boo-hoo, low oil prices), and now they’re plotting to axe 9,000 MORE jobs through 2026. But don’t worry, Wirth’s wallet is safe! 💰
Oh, and guess what? Critics say his bloated paycheck is tied to shipping YOUR IT jobs overseas with H-1B visas, spitting in the face of American workers. All while Chevron funnels millions to Trump-aligned causes. Disgusting. 🤮 Wake up, Chevron your loyalty to greed over employees is pathetic. This is for all you boot licking chevron employees that think you are untouchable….. 🤡#ShameOnChevron #you arejustanumberonaspreadsheet

The company absolutely went down hill after Michael F. Neidorff died. The executives decided to save a little money and offshore to the Philippines. Guess what Centene. Americans don't like talking to foreigners.! We get sc--wed on jobs from H1B's and the companies offshore jobs elsewhere. it cost you your Medicare business and stock price.

If you are laid off and H1B in your team is not laid off- do you have a good court case

https://www.infowars.com/posts/busted-big-companies-get-workers-from-h-1b-only-posts-on-underground-indian-job-board

I’ve resisted posting on here, but I feel the need to. I’m in a Management position, but not giving specifics out of fear. My Leader gave me a directive on Friday to prepare for the big Q1 WFR list. Here it is. We have to try to avoid cutting H1B people because we uprooted their lives to move them here, so we can’t leave them stranded. So I guess they feel it’s OK to uproot talented Americans’ lives instead of getting rid of cheap, inferior workers. Total BS!

Can Verizon afford to keep employees (not discussing VZ contractors) whom have H-1B Specialty Occupations eligibility? Forgone are the days of the minimal H-1B fees. With the new Sheriff in the Oval Office whereby raising the fee to $100k for eligible employees, paramount within Information Technology and predominantly from India.

Shouldn't job preference be given to American workers first? The economy is struggling, and many young people can't find decent jobs. Yet, this administration is not enforcing any rule in the labor or immigration process to ensure that companies interview American workers before hiring others.

None of the H1Bs were fired in my group, how about your group.

sure seems like companies should layoff the H1Bs before US citizens, for a US based company.

I would even bet h1b hiring will continue

Every year, the United States opens its doors to tens of thousands of H-1B visa holders — highly skilled professionals, mostly from India and China, who fill roles in technology, engineering, and healthcare. Politicians and CEOs justify it as a necessity: “We don’t have enough qualified workers.” But maybe the real question is — why don’t we?

The U.S. government has built a system that rewards importing talent instead of investing in it. For decades, America has underfunded public universities, allowed tuition to skyrocket, and turned higher education into a business. A degree in computer science or engineering can now leave a young American buried under six figures of debt. Meanwhile, companies say they “can’t find talent” and turn abroad — where other nations educate millions of students in STEM for a fraction of the cost.

Countries like India and China don’t just produce skilled graduates — they do it through public investment. Their taxpayers subsidize the training of engineers who later come to work for Google, Microsoft, or Amazon in America. The U.S. benefits from that education for free. It’s a brilliant deal for corporations — and a terrible one for American students.

The H-1B program wasn’t meant to undercut American workers, but that’s often the effect. It’s a convenient tool for corporations to access cheaper, compliant labor without addressing the deeper issue: America’s refusal to make education accessible and affordable. Free tuition or debt-free public universities would build a domestic pipeline of talent that could easily compete with the global workforce. But such reforms don’t attract corporate lobbyists. Visa programs do.

So, the cycle continues. The U.S. imports the best minds from abroad, while millions of bright young Americans are priced out of their own future. The “land of opportunity” keeps outsourcing opportunity itself.

If America truly wants to stay competitive in the 21st century, it must stop renting its brainpower and start growing it.

Go to x.com and search for @usaa and click "Latest" at the top and have a look, lots to look at, at least 3 whistle blowers have come forward providing information about whats going on at USAA to the public.
It looks like Navy Federal is doing the same thing...
Its been revealed that USAA has 11.5 Indian H1b workers for every FTE.
So a 1:11.5 ratio FTE to H1B ratio

It'd be an interesting development.

others are cutting but we are adding.

Click on the links for other healthcare companies like Elevance, Centene, and Optum and you will see a very similar vibe as to:
1) abusive leadership trying to get employees to quit by using mind games of stress,
2) layoffs,
3) RTO return to office
4) H-1B Visa abuse,
5) Outsourcing,
6) Artificial Intelligence taking over human jobs,
7) Ageism regarding ERP
8) Racial discrimination against own American citizenship as well as those who happen to be caucasian in skin color
9). Etc. etc.

It is almost as though all these CEOs got together and instigated a plan.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/24/2025-18473/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b

Heard from a recruiter today that companies are having a hard time hiring h1b's due to the government shutdown. I guess that's at least on positive of the shutdown.

This could have a Huge impact on both NCR Companies.

Has anyone been following this?

The "HIRE Act" is a proposed U.S. bill introduced in September 2025 that aims to discourage job offshoring by imposing a 25% excise tax on payments to foreign workers. Introduced by Senator Bernie Moreno, the bill would make these payments non-deductible for U.S. companies and is intended to boost domestic employment by redirecting the resulting tax revenue into programs like worker training and apprenticeships. The bill would apply to payments for services that benefit U.S. consumers, including those to workers on various work visas like H-1B and H-2B.
Key provisions of the HIRE Act:
25% excise tax: A tax is proposed on payments made to foreign workers (those not considered U.S. persons for tax purposes).
Non-deductible expenses: Companies would not be able to claim tax deductions on payments subject to the new excise tax.
Worker visa eligibility: The tax would apply to a wide range of foreign workers, including those on immigrant and nonimmigrant visas such as F1, J1, H-1B, and H-2B.
Domestic Workforce Fund: Tax revenue from the new law would be directed to a fund to support domestic workforce development initiatives like training programs and apprenticeships for American workers.
Potential impact and context:
Reduced offshoring: The primary goal is to make it more expensive for U.S. companies to offshore jobs, thereby encouraging them to hire domestically.
Impact on outsourcing industry: The bill could create significant uncertainty and pressure for companies in the global IT outsourcing sector, particularly in countries like India, reports NDTV.
Economic effects: Supporters argue the act would protect American jobs and national security by reducing reliance on foreign labor, while some critics suggest the costs could be passed on to consumers through higher prices, notes Reddit users.

On October 23 2025, White House press secretary said the “H1B system has been spammed with fraud”. I take that to mean they know the H1B system is abused and misused and perhaps some corrective actions need to occur.

But they have 100’s of them with labor department fake jobs LCA applications for H1B indentured servants

Per CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/21/business/walmart-h1b-visa-pause#:~:text=Walmart%2C%20which%20has%20a%20significant,Oct%2015%2C%202025

Put in my two weeks notice today. Got a substantially better offer at a company that is not desperately trying to stay afloat.

For others who are still there, don't give up. It tools me months before I even got my first screening interview. Probably applied to 50+ openings, mostly ghosted or outright rejected. My advice is to stick with it, consider companies outside of semiconductor manufacturing, and if you're a U.S. citizen try finding companies that don't prioritize H1Bs.