I was going through a site which publishes H1B data.
By looking at it, it seems plumbers and taxi drivers make more money than H1B workers brought by these Indian companies.
They also discriminate against people whom they bring from India versus those they hire here.
I find it laughable that H1B rocket engineers working at Schwab get paid less than taxi drivers and are further discriminated against by their own employer.
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@1n8 ou really have no idea how deep this problem goes.
A few years ago, when FedEx went through the vendor consolidation and a lot of the projects were moved to Accenture, it had a huge impact on people working through vendors like Wipro, Infosys, Mphasis, The Judge Group, and others.
I personally know at least 30 people who went through interviews with the same company because their positions were being affected. What happened to many of these people was honestly very disturbing.
Some were rejected for reasons that simply did not make sense. Some actually cleared the interviews but were never properly informed, and in some cases it seemed like the client itself wasn't even aware of what was happening.
There were also cases where someone was onboarded and then released very quickly afterward.
And then there was another issue that many people noticed: it seemed like certain people were being given opportunities based on their group, language, associations, or even the state they came from. People who knew the right people or belonged to certain groups seemed to have a much easier path.
When you start talking to 20, 30, or more people and hear very similar stories, you start wondering whether this was really just a series of individual hiring decisions or whether there was a much bigger problem.
Honestly, I believe there were enough people affected that this could potentially have become a class-action lawsuit or some other serious legal matter. But at the time, nobody really wanted to take that step. People were worried about their jobs, their careers, and the consequences of speaking up.
Most of the people and situations I heard about were connected to locations such as:
Lone Tree, Colorado
Westlake, Texas
Austin, Texas
What bothers me the most is that a lot of people simply moved on because they felt they had no choice. But that doesn't necessarily mean what happened was right.
There were real people, real careers, and real livelihoods involved. And when you see the same type of thing happening to so many people, it's hard to believe it was all just coincidence.
Unfortunately, not surprised. This is America - don’t let them catch you slippin’ now.