#h1b

Sue Wellsfargo, Unionize! Report to EEOC! Report H1B frauds to Uncle Sam!

I am writing to express my urgent concerns regarding BlackRock's recent layoffs, which have disproportionately affected American workers while retaining H-1B employees in similar roles. This troubling trend not only raises ethical questions but also reflects a discriminatory approach to hiring that undermines the economic stability of American families, particularly in a time when youth unemployment is alarmingly high.
The H-1B visa program was designed to address genuine skill shortages in the U.S. labor market, allowing companies to hire foreign workers for specialized roles that cannot be filled by American talent. However, it appears that BlackRock is misusing this program by retaining H-1B employees in junior positions—roles that many qualified American professionals could fill with minimal training. This practice displaces American workers and raises serious concerns about BlackRock's commitment to fair hiring practices. When entire teams are predominantly composed of H-1B workers, it suggests a troubling reliance on foreign labor rather than a genuine effort to prioritize American talent.

Moreover, the implications of this hiring strategy extend beyond economic concerns to national security. Under China's 2017 National Intelligence Law, all Chinese citizens are required to assist in state intelligence work when called upon. This means that any employee from China could potentially be compelled to act as a spy, regardless of their role or intentions. This law creates a significant risk when foreign nationals, particularly those from China, are given access to sensitive financial data and infrastructure. There have been alarming instances of Chinese nationals engaging in espionage that directly impacts the financial sector. For example, in 2020, a Chinese national was charged with stealing trade secrets from a U.S. financial services firm, attempting to transfer sensitive information to a Chinese competitor. Such actions not only threaten the integrity of American businesses but also compromise our national security by potentially enabling foreign adversaries to undermine our financial systems.

The legal framework surrounding the H-1B program mandates that employers demonstrate they are not displacing American workers and that hiring H-1B employees will not adversely affect U.S. workers' wages or working conditions. When BlackRock lays off qualified American employees while retaining H-1B workers in similar roles, it raises serious questions about compliance with both the letter and spirit of the law. This practice undermines the intent of the H-1B program and poses significant risks to the integrity of our financial systems and national security.

I urge BlackRock to take immediate action to rectify this situation by reevaluating its hiring practices and prioritizing American talent. The current approach not only violates principles of fairness and equity but also jeopardizes the security of our nation. By replacing H-1B positions with qualified American workers, BlackRock can demonstrate its commitment to supporting the U.S. workforce and safeguarding our national interests.

By committing to hiring American workers, BlackRock can not only protect its own interests but also contribute to the broader goal of strengthening our nation's infrastructure and encouraging private investment. A workforce comprised of dedicated American talent fosters innovation, enhances trust in financial systems, and mitigates risks associated with foreign influence. This commitment can lead to a more stable and secure environment for investment, ultimately benefiting BlackRock's long-term objectives.

Anyone attended a town hall meeting this morning? During their laughable TED talk, it was brought up that India has the largest headcount of State Street employees at 19,000. Let that sink in. At this rate, the only people will have jobs in the US are the SVPs and their Indian H1B1 workers.

There is something definitely going on with the requirement process where Indians are getting preferential treatment over other ethnicities and locations. Right now, all recruiters are based in India and it seems they are mainly focusing on candidates that are from India. I noticed even for local job reqs, Indians living in the US are being selected over other candidates for jobs and promotions. Its fine if someone is more equalified should get the role or promotion, but most of time I find out these Indian workers were just good at lying on their resumes and interviews and we have to pick up their responsibilities.

Tesla must face lawsuit alleging it replaced laid-off US workers with H-1B visa holders | Electrek https://share.google/1VrPwTtJ3kMSOejdK

H1-B, OPT, L, F, O, etc visa scam. Interesting to know that the hiring consulting companies doesn't report to US gov't that the contract has ended and another one is not available for the H1B to start another contracting job right away. They keep paying the H1B worker (who has to pay the money back eventually) after starting contract with company B. What a scam! And all companies hiring or contracting H1B and other visa's know all about this.
https://youtu.be/WO5PJBLgnes?si=8A73egT7-E133zrh (gets interesting at time 9:30)
https://www.h1bexposed.tech/

H1-B, OPT, L, F, O, etc visa scam. Interesting to know that the hiring consulting companies doesn't report to US gov't that the contract has ended and another one is not available for the H1B to start another contracting job right away. They keep paying the H1B worker (who has to pay the money back eventually) after starting contract with company B. What a scam! And all companies hiring or contracting H1B and other visa's know all about this.
https://youtu.be/WO5PJBLgnes?si=8A73egT7-E133zrh (gets interesting at time 9:30)
https://www.h1bexposed.tech/

I had to go to the Charlotte office last week, and met with the Public Cloud Team. I am talking 100% are Indians, and I am sure most are on H1-B visas. Nepotism hiring is clearly going on here, and we are going to be in trouble if rumors about what the current administration is going to implement later this year with Companies and their H1-B visa allotment.

Not to mention legally we are at risk if a non-Indian on the IT side files a legal complaint against us. I am not joking when I say 100%, how was this even allowed to happen. Certainly our HR department has to know this is going on, right????

Hopefully you guys can see a pattern
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5fXrPMGM5E

Rahul should be fired, he lacks creativity . No success at all. He is pocketing all the money from vendor kickbacks for hiring H1Bs.

Cisco H1b transfer timeline

Has anyone gone through H1b transfer recently from Cisco?

I got an offer three days ago and background check was triggered yesterday.

Does Fragomen Immigration wait for background check before sending immigration questionaire , filing lca and proceeding with the H-1B transfer?

Or it happens simultaneously?

What would be the timeline for this?

Please let me know as I am a little anxious on the timeline

With ongoing workforce reductions and increasingly restrictive H1B policies, a natural question arises: is the new ECIO considering establishing a Global Capability Center (GCC)?

From a purely economic standpoint, the math is compelling —sometimes hiring three skilled professionals for the cost of one H1B employee in the U.S., or five professionals when compared to a US citizen.

In today’s environment, expanding through a GCC isn’t just a trend—it’s a logical evolution. After all, the numbers will speak for themselves.

has anyone noticed company treat H‑1B employees like rare Pokémon during layoff carefully protected while the rest of us get tossed like common cards?

Tough times are ahead because of H1Bs + AI + work going offshore.

So, sell your home(s), and stock(s) (if they are in profit) and keep cash to survive the tough time.

Tough times are ahead because of H1Bs + AI + work going offshore.

So, sell your home(s), and stock(s) (if they are in profit) and keep cash to survive the tough time.

Has the government done any analysis on the potential impact of AI-related layoffs with its rapid advancement over the next 5 years? I’m guessing around 75% of H1Bs may not be needed. When will the emphasis shift toward prioritizing US citizens and Permanent Residents?

Impacted employee. Easily they can eliminate H1b full timer and contract employees instead of doing this layoffs. How can they file H1b and green card when layoffs are happening ?

I get the guy is a bank-hopping (literally his sales pitch in his first meeting) likely H1-b, but his use of the English language is rather terrible. He routinely spouts non-sequiturs that diminish what he is saying, but in today's autocorrect-tuned world, nobody catches it. This guy is being paid a bunch of money to axe a bunch of US jobs, and the guy can barely utter competent sentences in the target audience's language.

The guy he replaced was significantly more capable as both an idea man, and a communicator. This ship is sinking fast.

https://apnews.com/article/h1b-immigration-visa-texas-2055edb18b9da65601a3b8d0562f668

Come to Wellsfargo my fellow H1B comrades. Wellsfargo welcomes you.

This is a serious question and ONLY directed at H-1b FTEs. I’m a white female from Europe who used to be on H-1b when initially hired by Nike. I’ve been a permanent resident for a while now but still curious about something. I know the scenarios where H-1b hires get paid less or taken advantage of but I have never had that happen to me by Nike or any of my other (much bigger) employers. When Nike hired me, all of my coworkers on the team were American and my salary was comparable to or higher than theirs. Has any H-1b FTE observed they are in fact getting underpaid? Contractors are a different story and can be more easily exploited hence I’m excluding them from the question.

Quick observations from colleagues across Fidelity sites:

Heavy reliance on personal networks for hiring (often relatives/friends from India via H-1B/transfers) → opportunities stay within tight groups.
Frequent non-English communication (Hindi, Telugu, Tamil) in teams → harder for others to participate fully.
Some regional cliques/tensions (North vs. South Indian) → minor friction in team dynamics.
Manager concentration in NC (Raleigh-Durham) and Boston → Westlake (TX) employees feel work gets less recognition, with favoritism toward co-located East teams (“out of sight, out of mind”).
A few ex-Infosys/TCS folks bring limited knowledge-sharing habits → siloed work, reduced collaboration, and poorer team culture in affected groups.

Anyone seeing similar patterns in Westlake, NC, Boston, or elsewhere? Share anonymously below—helps gauge if it's widespread or team-specific.

When will we come together to stop outsourcing and H1b?

There’s been a lot of heated discussion and debate around H-1B visas lately. Strip away the politics and emotions, and the issue really comes down to one simple question:

Can American workers do this job with a reasonable amount of training?

The H-1B program was created to address genuine skill shortages—roles where specialized expertise is scarce in the U.S. workforce. There are absolutely cases where this applies: highly specialized research, niche quantitative problems, or roles that truly require rare, advanced expertise.

For many of the positions being filled at BlackRock—particularly at junior and mid-level roles—this question deserves serious scrutiny. These are often jobs for which qualified American professionals already exist, or could become fully effective with standard on-the-job training. In such cases, the use of H-1B visas appears less like a response to a true skills shortage and more like a convenient alternative to hiring domestically.

There are also growing concerns that in some teams, hiring decisions may rely heavily on internal networks or favoritism rather than a fair and open recruitment process that genuinely considers qualified American candidates. When entire teams are composed predominantly of H-1B workers, it raises legitimate questions about compliance with both the intent of the law and fair hiring practices—questions that merit review by the appropriate government authorities. Beyond legal issues, this kind of imbalance can affect team dynamics, workplace diversity of perspectives, and trust in the fairness of the system.

That matters because the H-1B program is not meant to replace the domestic workforce. The law requires employers to show that hiring an H-1B worker will not disadvantage U.S. workers in terms of opportunity, wages, or working conditions. When roles that Americans can clearly perform are filled through visa sponsorship, it raises serious concerns about whether the spirit—and possibly the letter—of the law is being respected.

If you believe a colleague on an H-1B visa is occupying a role that qualified American workers can perform, the appropriate response is not online outrage but formal legal action. Report the situation through the appropriate authorities so it can be investigated.

Accountability helps everyone. It protects American workers, preserves the integrity of the H-1B program for truly hard-to-fill roles, and encourages companies like BlackRock to invest in and prioritize domestic talent where it makes sense. Replacing H-1B positions with qualified American workers isn’t anti-immigrant—it’s pro-fairness and pro-law.

I have been at T for more than dog years and as I venture into job market, I am seeing hiring managers not having a clue who they want, yet interview me and send instant rejections after the first rounds. I am unsure if these are H1B postings, my tenure at T negatively affecting or my credentials. I am a bit flabbergasted on what to improve on if I can’t even make the first round. How did you overcome this?

Verizon downfall can be easily summed up. Cant post work emails here but 90% of these foreign born directors (guess what country?) cannot spell basic first grade words right. Do they forget that VZ has gemini built into google workspace for a few years now??? Its as simple as hitting autocorrect. Who is hiring these lazy directors.

End H1Bs now!

If you are still employed here, and not on a Visa, it's probably not for long. You can do something to stop or even reverse it though. Aggressively report any perceived visa abuse below, even if you're not 100% certain. The future of your career literally depends on reporting these people as it's only going to get worse from here

https://www.visaverge.com/h1b/what-to-include-when-reporting-h-1b-fraud-key-details-to-share/

Nails it!

"The company discriminates against older workers, outsources U.S. jobs, favors unqualified employees, and prioritizes H-1B hiring for lower-cost labor."

It feels like US Citizens regardless of race are being targeted for WFR at dell and why cant the H1bs be sent home as there is no need for them with the diminished opportunities. It just doesn't make legal sense.

BlackRock must be held accountable for its recent layoffs of American workers while retaining H-1B employees in similar roles.
These decisions raise serious concerns about whether BlackRock is abusing the H-1B program—by laying off qualified U.S. workers instead of redeploying them internally, while continuing to sponsor visa workers for comparable positions. This directly undermines the purpose of the H-1B system, which is meant to fill genuine skill gaps, not displace American employees.
As a result, multiple complaints have already been filed with various government authorities, calling for investigations into BlackRock’s labor practices and H-1B sponsorship legitimacy. Regulators must closely examine whether these layoffs violate federal labor and immigration rules.
American workers deserve protection. BlackRock misused the H-1B program while cutting U.S. jobs, it should face consequences.

https://dallasexpress.com/business-markets/dallas-express-analysis-who-are-the-top-h-1b-employers-in-north-texas/

Well how about that...?

From global consultancies to public universities, federal visa records show how H-1B hiring has quietly reshaped the workforce of North Texas’ largest cities over the past five years.

From January 1, 2020, through September 30, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services records show thousands of H-1B approvals across Dallas, Tarrant, Denton, and Collin counties, underscoring how private companies and public institutions alike are reshaping local labor markets through foreign-worker hiring.

Supporters argue the visa remains essential for competitiveness.

Former Republican Presidential contender Vivek Ramaswamy, who has drawn national attention for defending the program, has argued that it is necessary because “American culture has venerated mediocrity,” and that foreign workers better fit the demands of American businesses, as previously reported by The Dallas Express.

However, the AFL-CIO’s 2025 H-1B fact sheet suggested that employers embrace H-1B labor as a cheaper alternative compared to Americans.

“In fiscal year 2019, 60 percent of H-1B positions were paid at the lowest two levels, meaning they were paid below the median wage for the occupation and location,” read the document.

72% of H-1B visas are awarded to workers from India, with 12% going to those from China, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services data.

Universities have emerged as some of the most aggressive users.

The University of Texas at Dallas spent more than $1.1 million on H-1B sponsorship costs since 2020 and secured roughly 300 approvals over that period, according to records obtained by The Dallas Express.

Because public universities are exempt from the annual H-1B cap, they can file petitions year-round, making taxpayer-funded institutions less restricted than their private-sector counterparts, who must compete for 85,000 annual visas.

The private sector visa footprint is large in Texas.

In Dallas alone, KPMG recorded 2,572 approvals, UT Southwestern Medical Center 1,326, Dallas Independent School District 1,272, and Texas Instruments 988, according to the USCIS Data Hub.

Texas Instruments has become a flashpoint. The Dallas-based semiconductor firm received up to $1.61 billion in federal CHIPS Act incentives and then laid off American workers while continuing to hire H-1B employees, according to reporting by The Dallas Express.

Prominent activists and organizations have raised concerns about the H-1B visa program in recent federal public comment periods on reforming the visa program.

Fran Rhodes, president of the True Texas Project, wrote that the program is “riddled with fraud and abuse, and puts American workers at a disadvantage, while creating a financial advantage for the companies hiring foreign workers at a lower pay scale,” reported by DX.

However, the Association of American Universities reportedly urged DHS to avoid reforms that would disrupt the pipeline from student visas to H-1B employment, warning that abrupt changes could harm research capacity and faculty recruitment.

The Dallas Express has prepared the tables below to give Texans a sense of how the program is directly affecting their communities.

Dallas County
Dallas
Rank Employer Total Approvals
1 KPMG 2,572
2 UT Southwestern Medical Center 1,326
3 Dallas Independent School District 1,272
4 Texas Instruments 988
5 AT&T 952

Be mad at executives. don’t be mad at your Indian coworker or your white coworker for that matter. Just look at the facts: america’s money is getting hoovered up by billionaires. it’s not getting hoovered up by H1Bs.

if you crave control over the situation, it’s time to unionize, not post anonymous racism.

Why is micron firing american workers and building a factory in america? Will they hire mostly asians for the new factory and keep laying of americans?

Among the layoffs in early or late 2025 were many U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Soon after, companies hired H-1B workers for nearly identical roles.
In many cases, the difference between positions — such as Business Analyst, Product Owner, and Scrum Master — is minimal. A one-week to one month transition training could have allowed the laid-off employees to continue contributing instead of being replaced.
This raises a serious ethical concern:
Why are U.S. citizens and permanent residents being let go first, while similar roles are refilled immediately mostly with H1Bs? This is for both FT and Contractors.
This is not just restructuring — it is a question of fairness, responsibility, and ethics.

Anybody on H1B visa impacted in this round so far? In previous rounds, no visa folks were impacted, at least on the network org. Seems like company is harboring visa holders, Anybody else feel that way? H1B paperwork involves filling costs, lawyer fees etc. which is opex, If the goal is saving opex....

RF Sr Manager here Just had a meeting with my Sr. Director & it looks like most of the folks impacted on my team are H-1B employees, mainly to reduce OPEX costs. That’s really sad. We have some truly great people on the team and they’re top performers. It’s honestly worrying and disappointing.

Your manager is waiting for green card. Your manager wants job security. Your manager micro manages you.

700K applicants brought into state by consulting firm

There are hardly any jobs in the job market. Good luck finding a remote role in this economy when you’re competing with thousands of h1b's and h4 ead's.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AmericanTechWorkers/comments/1qcy0zb/h1b_abuse_in_farmington_hills_michigan/

How is that workin' for ya, Dan? Wait 'til the sh1tty designs start hitting the field next year creating interference issues that non of the H1B contractors will be able to figure out the cause.