Srinivas is just as smart and highly-skilled as the other engineers you could hire. However, he's a lot more motivated, because if he has trouble getting or keeping contract work, he'll be deported.
Got a tedious job? Srinivas will take it and never, ever complain. Need someone with an obscure skillset in an remote geographical location? Srini will relocate there within a week. Will he be able to find a nice apartment on such short notice? Don't worry, that's Srini's problem. Srini is so helpful and eager to please that during the interview, when you ask him what he's looking for in his next position, he will be genuinely confused, as if to say, "Why would that matter?"
You see, Srinivas' employer has purchased one of a handful of lucrative H1-B visas, which it then rents out to people like Srinivas in exchange for as much as half of his salary. There are a lot more people like Srini than there are available visas, and Srini knows it. That keeps Srini in line - which helps your bottom line.
But now a bunch of coddled US tech workers (with their "standing desks" and "dual monitors" and "work-life balance") are trying to kick poor Srini out of the country. Why? Who knows - they're probably racist.
So let's stand up for the little guy, by helping a handful of the nation's most powerful and well-connected corporations lobby for legislation that will save them millions of dollars. Let Srinivas stay!
Srinivas is just as smart and highly-skilled as the other engineers you could hire. However, he's a lot more motivated, because if he has trouble getting or keeping contract work, he'll be deported.
Got a tedious job? Srinivas will take it and never, ever complain. Need someone with an obscure skillset in an remote geographical location? Srini will relocate there within a week. Will he be able to find a nice apartment on such short notice? Don't worry, that's Srini's problem. Srini is so helpful and eager to please that during the interview, when you ask him what he's looking for in his next position, he will be genuinely confused, as if to say, "Why would that matter?"
You see, Srinivas' employer has purchased one of a handful of lucrative H1-B visas, which it then rents out to people like Srinivas in exchange for as much as half of his salary. There are a lot more people like Srini than there are available visas, and Srini knows it. That keeps Srini in line - which helps your bottom line.
But now a bunch of coddled US tech workers (with their "standing desks" and "dual monitors" and "work-life balance") are trying to kick poor Srini out of the country. Why? Who knows - they're probably racist.
So let's stand up for the little guy, by helping a handful of the nation's most powerful and well-connected corporations lobby for legislation that will save them millions of dollars. Let Srinivas stay!