No H1b will accept buyout as he will be losing his visa status.
Is this a hidden way to layoff US employees and retain all H1b's ?
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You let one H1B in, thousands will follow. Time to update the laws on the books!
@d3 There should be a class action lawsuit against Microshaft for laying off US citizens before laying off H1-B visa holders.
As always, H1Bs are immune to layoffs
If the stated purpose of the H‑1B program is to fill roles where there isn’t enough qualified U.S. talent, then a company claiming it needs to cut 60,000 jobs raises a serious contradiction. By definition, H‑1B workers are here only because the employer certified that no equally qualified American worker was available.
So if an American citizen at Microsoft is laid off before a similarly qualified H‑1B worker in the same job category, that’s not just unfair — it undermines the legal justification for the H‑1B hire in the first place. In that situation, the American employee has a legitimate basis to question whether the employer complied with the spirit and intent of the program.
The logic is simple:
If the company says “we don’t have enough U.S. workers,” then U.S. workers shouldn’t be the first ones shown the door.
@op Microsoft is offering VEO to qualifying employees in the United States, India, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Lets be real and logical. What are you nlaming H1Bs for? If you just want to provoke people with this insanity- Good luck !!!
You all vote for migrants to enter this country. They are taking jobs at half the cost.
And what do they get by retaining H1Bs when they are being paid same ? Sorry to say this but - This comment is mere stupidity and fear mongering !
Yep, nailed it