What is Microsoft and Google’s plan to change green card rules for hiring in the US?
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I think this is pretty despicable considering they are laying off tons of american workers who could use this job and are trying to maximize profits by (probably) having these people work as corporate slaves for them.
Seems like there might be a way to comment on it?
[https://www.regulations.gov/docket/ETA-2023-0006/comments?postedDateFrom=2024-05-02&postedDateTo=2024-05-08](https://www.regulations.gov/docket/ETA-2023-0006/comments?postedDateFrom=2024-05-02&postedDateTo=2024-05-08)
I took a quick scan
>Updating the Schedule A list with STEM occupations could remove requirements and significantly reduce green card processing times by 13 to 20 months
so… sounds like a good thing
Ah yes, more indentured servants imported to the US that corporations hold the almighty power of “kiss our ass or we send you back to the third world”.
If anything the Biden administration should be clamping down on this and supporting American workers, but we know that will never happen.
Afaik, big tech companies do not consider your visa status during offer negotiation.
Also, making the green card process easier would mean people are more likely to change jobs since gc holders do not have restrictions like H1B holders.
Definitely a good thing for the industry: there is always a shortage of that top tier talent that can really get shit done.
However, this probably isn’t great for us already in the US, unless this change results in a lot more growth.
Ppl in this thread can’t read. The companies have shown support for an initiative to update the list of occupations that can skip PERM requirements to get a green card. The list hasn’t been updated in decades.
You aren’t bound to an employer when you go this route.
Overall this is a good thing for the USA but no doubt that people who aren’t doing well will find it as an excuse for their troubles. When people can’t put food on the table they almost inevitably blame immigration.
> Citing its own research from LinkedIn, a business it owns, Microsoft anticipates significant labor shortages in fields such as software engineering, cybersecurity and data science.
I wonder how they got this result
**It doesn’t feel like there’s a labor shortage.**
I can’t see this as anything but a good move. It helps empower immigrants so that they aren’t as tied to their job. That means there’s less potential for businesses to abuse H1B applicants, which should result in better treatment (and pay) across the board.
Anyone who supports this is a scab, this is just another anti labor initiative by companies
So a US citizen gets screwed but if you’re on visa then you’re on a fast track to getting your GC.
Fantastic.
This sounds like a good idea in the in the short-term, but a bad idea in the long-term. But idk
So the combined cost of their salary and green card will be less than the current position’s pay. Which means the job will be worth even less and even more competitive. Great.
If hiring is so dire maybe they should… not layoff their current engineering staff?!?!
Wow! This after laying of tens of thousands of people. Have they no shame?
The powers that be. They also say education is “highly valuable for the majority of people”.
So why are we 475 billion in student loan debt, again?
how is that bad news?
They have been abusing the h1b system for decades, and they now want to change the green card rule?
God Biden government seriously just needs to go away