The government cracked down on MSFT and its persistently outrageous abuse of visas. What about XOM? Are we so afraid to do do something and let everything die while planning for early retirement?
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What we’re doing in downstream is using L1 visas when the KLTC or BTC engineers have 1 yr of experience. Then the engineers can replace a contact engineer, but they have to be on a longer assignment and get paid equivalent to a US based higher. So it allows XOM to develop some deeper technical skills at manufacturing sites and not necessarily cheaper/lower cost. It just means that 5-10 yrs down the road those more advanced engineering roles can be staffed out of BTC or KLTC instead of the US. XOM isn’t d-mb and they hate lawsuits. There’s no way a 1 yr MPE has specialized knowledge.
@OP Their stock was up today.
Know the rules. Report suspected L-1 / L-2 abuse.
L-1 is not a general work visa. It is only for intracompany transfers for specialized roles.
• L-1A / L-1B (the worker): L-1A is for true managers and executives who direct people or an essential function—not “team leads” who mainly do the work themselves. L-1B is for specialized knowledge: special or advanced knowledge of that company’s products, processes, or systems that is not ordinary industry skill. Generic coding, support, QA, or “any open role” does not qualify. Brand-new graduates (“freshers”) almost never do: they lack the required year of qualifying foreign employment and company-specific specialized knowledge.
• L-2 (family): Spouse and unmarried children under 21 of a valid L-1 holder. The spouse can work for any U.S. employer (I-94 coded L-2S). Children cannot work. L-2 status dies if the L-1 status ends.
If a company is parking entry-level or ordinary mid-career staff on L-1/L-2 into ordinary U.S. roles that any similarly skilled worker could do, that is not how the category is written. If you see it, reporting suspected abuse is a lawful public tip.
It can be fully anonymous. Official forms say the more specifics you give, the more useful the tip is.
File here (pick one or both):
• USCIS immigration-benefit fraud/abuse tip form: https://www.uscis.gov/report-fraud/uscis-tip-form
• ICE Homeland Security Investigations tip form: https://www.ice.gov/webform/ice-tip-form
• Phone (U.S./Canada): 1-866-347-2423
• State Department visa-fraud portal: https://travel.state.gov/reportvisafraud
What to put in the form (this is the easy part):
Describe the case in plain language. Include whatever you actually know:
• Company legal name and the plant / office / client site address
• Names and job titles of the people brought in (and managers who arranged it, if known)
• Visa type if you know it (L-1A, L-1B, L-2)
• Why it looks non-qualifying: fresher / recent grad, generic mid-level role, no specialized company knowledge, staffed into “any seat,” etc.
• Dates, headcount if obvious, and any documents or public listings you can safely describe
You do not have to give your name. Do not invent facts. False reports can create legal problems for the reporter; accurate, detailed suspected-fraud tips are what the agencies ask for.
Official sources on eligibility: USCIS L-1 policy (specialized knowledge and managers/executives) and USCIS L-2 dependent rules. Official tip guidance tells filers to include names, addresses, dates of birth, and worksite details when known
You're right but this pushes other large companies to offshore jobs as well - increasing broader American discontent and forcing govt policy change. Kind of like how there are work around to sanctions against Iran or Russia that are skirted until too many people pile into the loophole.
And even before loopholes get closed, it increases salary competition in low cost areas.
Just another
XOM does not do H1b that much . L1 or offshoring jobs to cheaper countries
@OP They didn’t crack down. They just raised the price of the bribe.
@a2 kaboom! F Infosys!
The real problem is L1 and outsourcing!
Cheaters... Long overdue...
The Department of Labor has announced the suspension of eight major tech and IT outsourcing companies from the PERM labor certification program, which employers use to sponsor foreign workers for green cards. The companies affected are Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Wipro, HCL and Capgemini.
https://www.reuters.com/business/us-suspending-permanent-residency-program-for-microsoft-vance-says-2026-10-08/
they were abusing it as much as the next guy.
Microsoft in 2026 (2915 visas):
https://h1bhq.com/search?employerSlug=microsoft-corporation&fiscalYear=2026&pageSize=25
Deloitte in 2026 (1793 visas)
https://h1bhq.com/search?employerSlug=deloitte-consulting-llp&fiscalYear=2026&pageSize=25
Accenture in 2026 (858 visas):
https://h1bhq.com/search?employerSlug=accenture-llp&fiscalYear=2026&pageSize=25
We, on the other hand, hired only one person in 2026 and we paid $400K for that resource:
https://h1bhq.com/search?employerSlug=exxon-mobil-corporation&fiscalYear=2026&pageSize=25