Gaming the H-1B system for good
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Gaming the H-1B system for good
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Re: Gaming the H-1B system for good
#2This does nothing to address the problem of the initial application.
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#3It tries to hurt the big outsourcing companies, but unless it manages to transfer (tens of) thousands of engineers each year they just won't notice it...
Also, very often a company needs someone qualified and found a particular candidate they want and tries to apply for him. I'm not sure how taking one of the many low qualified "engineer" coming with these outsourcing companies would fit the need here.
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#4Is it the lottery in the literal sense? I.e. are applicants who match the requirements and wanted by employers are randomly selected just as the DV lottery winners are?
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#5This is pretty interesting. One thing I've seen happen with H-1B employees is that they feel trapped as a consequence of being sponsored by their employer. If this enables those 'trapped' individuals to more easily switch jobs, then it won't matter as much that the big companies are gaming the lottery.
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#6So the solution is transfering them to triplebyte and then match them to a startup?
Who pays them in the meanwhile because I believe its illegal to be on H1b and not be employed (being paid)?
Re: Gaming the H-1B system for good
#7Is it the lottery in the literal sense? I.e. are applicants who match the requirements and wanted by employers are randomly selected just as the DV lottery winners are?
yes, your understanding is correct. The odd was 1 out of 3 this year I think.
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#8So the solution is transfering them to triplebyte and then match them to a startup? Who pays them in the meanwhile because I believe its illegal to be on H1b and not be employed (being paid)?
They wouldn't be transferred to us or spend any time unemployed. Once someone goes through our process, we become their advocate and find them startups they'd be a good match for. They don't have to leave their employer until they've found one willing to hire them, at which point they can begin the transfer process.
Re: Gaming the H-1B system for good
#9So the solution is transfering them to triplebyte and then match them to a startup? Who pays them in the meanwhile because I believe its illegal to be on H1b and not be employed (being paid)?
I think triplebyte act as a standard recruiter in this case. Eg Dave moves from UK to US on a H1b woring for some body shop. Dave then applies to triplebyte saying "yo, I hate this gig, get me out". Triplebyte then shops his CV around to startups looking for people like Dave and once a match is found they take their usual 10-30% first year salary as fee, which should more than cover any H1B admin. At no point is Dave employed by triplebyte.
Re: Gaming the H-1B system for good
#10This does nothing to address the problem of the initial application.
No, but it helps create a market for what is essentially a very valuable good that was being farmed by giant body shops. The underlying system is flawed but I doubt the us congress will ever pass a sensible immigration bill so workarounds like these are as good as it gets for now.