A Trump H-1B crackdown could hit Big Tech hard, with Amazon suffering most.
A Trump H-1B crackdown could hit Big Tech hard, with Amazon suffering most.
U.S. tech firms — Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple — were the top 10 employers of H-1B recipients in 2024.
U.S. tech firms — Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple — were the top 10 employers of H-1B recipients in 2024.
- Amazon workers bagged the highest number of H-1B visas every year between 2020 and 2024.
- U.S. companies have grown exponentially and need more IT talent.
- Indian IT firms have scaled back H-1B filings amid increased scrutiny.
I'd rather see H-1B than outsourcing, because an H-1B at least still has to pay a US cost of living... but it's clear that Big Tech is abusing the system. I know several new CS graduates having a hard time finding work, and somehow these companies are saying that they can't find applicants?
I call bullshit, I've worked for companies that invested in relationships with local universities and recruited people right out of college and invested in getting them up to speed with the specific technologies they were looking for, it's not hard.