Tech companies all like to complain that "they can't find enough americans". Bullshit. The shortage of american engineering graduates is a problem big tech has actually made themselves - by importing foreign H-1Bs workers.
Young americans can see that big tech likes to replace experienced engineers with H1-B's workers (and in some cases make them train the replacements). And they (correctly) think: "Why should I bother with a difficult-to-get degree like Comp Sci or Electrical Engineering when I can be replaced with a cheap H1B? Just to make the twatter CEO a billionare? No thanks!"
And what big tech really means when they say "we can't find enough americans" is "we can't find enough americans CHEAP enough". They use H-1B workers to keep salaries down. But if engineering salaries rose to what competitive wages should be without imported H-1B workers, just think how many more young americans would get STEM degrees: shortage solved!
Cry me a river, Big Tech. You did this to yourselves.
Am a hiring manager at a big tech firm.
Tech companies all like to complain that "they can't find enough americans". Bullshit. The shortage of american engineering graduates is a problem big tech has actually made themselves - by importing foreign H-1Bs workers.
Young americans can see that big tech likes to replace experienced engineers with H1-B's workers (and in some cases make them train the replacements). And they (correctly) think: "Why should I bother with a difficult-to-get degree like Comp Sci or Electrical Engineering when I can be replaced with a cheap H1B? Just to make the twatter CEO a billionare? No thanks!"
And what big tech really means when they say "we can't find enough americans" is "we can't find enough americans CHEAP enough". They use H-1B workers to keep salaries down. But if engineering salaries rose to what competitive wages should be without imported H-1B workers, just think how many more young americans would get STEM degrees: shortage solved!
Cry me a river, Big Tech. You did this to yourselves.