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TurkishPoptart ◴[] No.44446688[source]
American employees are, for the most part, being replaced by H1-B visaholders via off-shore contracting companies. This needs to change.
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1. mxuribe ◴[] No.44447300[source]
> American employees are, for the most part, being replaced by H1-B visaholders via off-shore contracting companies...

American companies have been trying to replace American works for decades....this is not new. I wonder if trying to stop folks trying to make a simple decent living in the U.s. is not the right approach? ...Rather, i think the focus should be against the leaders of the American companies...Because they seem to be the ones pushing to get rid of ALL workers...sure, for now, they're trying to replace American workers, but soon enough they'll want to get rid of the H1B workers too...and eventually get rid of ANY/ALL workers if it means they can squeeze as much money for themselves.

If/When AI and robots come en masse to "steal jobs", would you blame the workers who get kicked out of the companies (even if they had upskilled themselves), or would you blame the leaders who kicked the people out? With all due respect, my opinion is that i think you're blaming the wrong people.