Apple H-1B workers average $139,000 in pay, but outsourcers dominate visa program and pay far less

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Suzanne Johnson <fuhn () pobox com>
> Date: August 3, 2017 at 4:16:07 PM EDT
> To: "DAVID J. FARBER" <farber () gmail com>
> Subject: Apple H-1B workers average $139,000 in pay, but outsourcers dominate visa program and pay far less
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> Opponents of the tech industry’s beloved H-1B visas for skilled workers have long argued that outsourcing companies 
> abuse the program, gobbling up the lion’s share of visas to provide cheaper foreign labor to U.S. companies.
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> Now they have new ammunition, thanks to an executive order from President Donald Trump.
>
> The federal government has released data showing that while Apple, Google, Amazon and others pay H-1B workers 
> relatively well, outsourcers haul in the vast majority of visas and pay the workers much less, according to a new 
> report. One outsourcing company took more than 21,000 visas, nearly three times the number taken by Apple, Google and 
> Amazon combined.
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> http://www.siliconbeat.com/2017/08/02/apple-h-1b-workers-average-139000-pay-outsourcers-dominate-visa-program-pay-far-less



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