Thread regarding Fiserv Inc. layoffs

I just want to work on a team where I’m not the only American

Every positive comment in here was made by an h1b with ChatGPT.

If workers are qualified and legally employed, judge them by their performance, not by the visa stamp in their passport.

What is unfair is assuming that every H-1B employee is fraudulent. Thousands of highly skilled engineers, architects, data scientists, and cybersecurity professionals go through extensive education, background checks, sponsorship reviews, and immigration scrutiny to work legally in the United States.

If there are concerns about verification, then apply the same standards to everyone. Verify resumes, employment history, education credentials, certifications, and interview integrity across all candidates. Integrity should not depend on citizenship status.

The bigger question for employees is why companies continue replacing experienced workers with lower-cost labor through contracting firms. That is a workforce strategy issue, not an immigration issue. Blaming individual workers who followed legal processes distracts from decisions being made in executive offices.

Most employees, regardless of nationality or visa status, want the same things: fair opportunities, honest hiring practices, competitive compensation, and job security. Holding individuals accountable for misconduct makes sense. Stereotyping an entire group does not.

Focus on proven facts, not assumptions. If fraud exists, investigate it. If workers are qualified and legally employed, judge them by their performance, not by the visa stamp in their passport.

Every time layoffs happen, H-1B workers become the convenient scapegoat. If fraud is occurring, provide evidence and investigate it. But claiming that H-1B employees are broadly dishonest or unqualified is both inaccurate and unproductive.

Many H-1B workers possess advanced degrees, critical technical skills, and years of experience. They did not create Fiserv's staffing strategy, contractor model, or layoff decisions. Leadership did.

Employees should demand transparency around outsourcing, contractor utilization, hiring practices, and workforce planning. That's where the accountability belongs. Blaming an entire category of workers does nothing to improve job security for anyone.

Nothing sadder than a former h1B turning against other h1b after getting green card/citizenship. The people who used all of these so called fraud techniques and benefited from it are making sure others can be stopped from doing the same. The older immigrants don’t want to compete with the newer immigrants. The kind of immigrant that crosses the bridge and then burns it!

Just saying before the h1b1's company was doing better. Wasn't great but was definitely better.

@a2 I started with Fiserv as a contractor and I'm not an H1B. I became permanent before my contract ran out.

Don't assume that all contactors are taking jobs. Many don't continue on beyond their contracted time either because they don't like it here or Fiserv doesn't wish to commit.

Fiserv brought on a TON of contractors. They came through three staffing companies, and yeah, they're H-1B holders. They are basically not like the "too expensive" U.S. folks. Wanna know who they are? Just look for the "C" after their name in Workday. And of course Fiserv isn't on the hook for their visas, because that's all on the staffing agencies. Super convenient, right?