It was not.

They stopped doing that in 2017. Until now.

I worked for a Fortune 100 company that hired lots of H-1B workers. The company loved them not only because they settled for less money, but because they worked ridiculous hours and could not easily change jobs. Those H-1B workers created big problems for American employees.

H-1B employees did not have family in the US, did not have a social life, and routinely worked 100 hours a week. Most American employees had wives, children, relatives and outside activities, and could not and would not work those kinds of hours. 60-70 hours a week was typical.

When H-1B employees work 30%-40% 43%-67% more hours their work production will almost always exceed that of their American counterparts, and that’s exactly what happened.

When peer-ranking and reviews were done the H1-B employees exceeded the raw metrics of their American counterparts and ranked higher. It was common for Americans to be forced out because they refused to work 100 hours a week and management did not give a damn about their quality of life.

There may be situations where companies use the H1-B program because they cannot find employees with the right skill sets, but I saw none of those. Instead the program was used to source people one step up from indentured servants.

They’d rather change their operations than lobby for the poorest to have enough money to not have to steal.

They’d rather change their operations than lobby for the poorest to pay their employees enough money to not have to steal.

Yet another reason to avoid McDonald’s, as if the lousy food wasn’t enough.