Interesting that no H1B visa holders are affected by this round of layoffs. Makes you wonder, are they considered more valuable than the rest of us?
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@bv Again not true. RCG means just out of a Bachelors or grad program. PhDs and Masters degrees with patents and papers from top US schools are well qualified for O-1 and still considered RCGs. More over they qualify for the self sponsored EB-1.
How do you know that? Talking to a few H1B holders around you is not a reliable data point. Stop generalizing without concrete data at hand! Otherwise, you just monger rumors.
@bv O-1 is not always considered a dual intent visa. It is assumed but not explicitly. H1-B is the safest option. I was an F-1 under OPT (student with post degree work temporary work authorization). I hold an advanced degree and while O-1 was possible, it was legally more complicated than the H1-B path. I got my green card as EB-2 NIW and due to my degree I could have done EB-1 so O-1 could have been used.
Also Intel has a policy of only hiring H1-B with Masters degree or above which is not considered cheap labor by most world standards
Looks like the H1B Troll has found a new crop of sheeple ready to furiously bleat about other sheeple.
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@cv Intel has the fattest group of people I've ever seen, and I've often wondered if that reflected the company printing money for so long that the workers just got used to it.
So they eat out a lot and don't do anything to prepare for the day when the money train stops.
You know, like next week.
@OP I don’t think H1B’s are untouchable . All the people who got laid off in my team during the last layoff period were H1B immigrants. They are the ones who are more scared than the US citizens. They invested a lot to come to this country. Most of them are PhD folks who worked hard to be where they are now and they contribute a lot. No matter where the company stands right now failing or not, you cannot deny that they are the ones who have a lot to lose if laid off.
The elephant in the room question is "Why does the US have more obese and fat people than any other countries? I see some of these obese Intel worker, and I cringe. How did they get this big. I understand some have medical conditions. US is like Intel, we think we are on top but you need to get the other countries opinion on us.
I suggest call or write to Senate House leaders about H1B issue. Also anything illegal may report to Depart of labor. Venting on this site will not help.
Don't forget that the stereotypical American "Millenial" with an above average intellect got a business or finance related degree.
Did somebody mention Def Met? Whats up with them?
@cp “def tell” is proper grammar?
You can def tell who is a foreigner in this topic based on their sh-t grammar and English.
Imagine if this was type of hiring ideology was reversed and India largely only hired US workers, they’d cry that we’re imperialists… but it’s okay when they do it.
Makes you think
@cm Same applies to people crying about H1b. Stop crying about it, go perform well and compete with talented foreign kids at Universities and Companies. This is an intellectual battle. Go fight harder and win it intellectually instead of crying
Here comes the Grievance parade. Haven't you all figured out that humans/civilizations are always at war and that the only thing that matters is "whose currently winning?" This argument re American Indians is so petty and meant to distract. Go away
@cg India kicked out Chinese from their factories. When other countries do this they are "smart", but when Americans want to do this Indians scream out "racist".
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/02/foxconn-tells-hundreds-of-chinese-staff-to-return-from-its-indian-iphone-factories/
@cg Exactly what you people did to Native American by coming here and taking their land leaving them homeless. Karma.
All of our best engineers are people who are Americans and started as techs, not people with their degrees. It's not a race thing. It's that people who are citizens should be working these jobs. I know many young people who got their degrees, are intelligent, and eager to work but cannot get jobs as engineers because they are taken by people who are a) much worse at their job b) can't communicate well and c) are not citizens.
Why aren't other countries interested in taking care of their own people? Why are they not rooting out poverty and corruption? Why are the people there not making their countries good places to live? Stronger countries everywhere will help everyone.
The truth is that things are getting more and more polarized and things like this (huge companies sc--wing over the people who are citizens) will eventually lead to more extremes behaviors. Most younger people cannot afford homes, families, or any little luxury. Young men especially are getting sc--wed over and this is only a part of it. The damn is going to burst and you may call people hicks or racists or whatever else you prefer but that will not change reality.
How does Intel certify that there are no US residents to fill H1B jobs when they have just laid off US residents
I say call ice and send all the h1b's home.
Better off without them!
I bet the d-mbest HB1 eng is brighter than a lot of lazy non HB1 eng.
Troll
Looks like OP’s IQ and laziness blocked him for a promotion ever to be a manager and know the reality. H1B is an advanced degree and of course there will be su-kers every where.
@bw awww you're repeating your daddy's BS word for word, what a good good boy
Send all the H1B holders back to their sh-t hole countries.
The migrants are not the best or brightest. If they were exceptional they would be here on an O-1 visa. Instead they are inexperienced and cheap. As RCGs they couldn't qualify for a visa that is actually based on merit or achievement.
Migrant engineers now make up about 50% of America's engineering position and increasing. Has the increase of migrants been good for Intel? Intel is no longer a leader in innovation and this is the result of a hiring strategy that focuses on young, incompetent but cheaper engineers.
My racism detector just exploded
@a3 if it's cheap labor then why would Intel sponsor them for green cards then? Once they get green cards they can go anywhere... Stop the myth that it's cheap labor. Outsourcing and offshoring to low income countries is cheap labor, not H1-Bs
@az i agree, and my group had no link to h1b with layoff
@OP Many H1-B have advanced degrees including masters and PhDs. That can subjectively make them more valuable if it's translating to better performance which hard to judge unless they are your direct reports
@a3 I was an H1-B and did not take any money less than my peers. I applied for green card and citizenship. Got my fair round of promotions like everyone else. Definitely not cheaper than any one else
@aa it's a dual intent visa which means they are elegible to apply for green cards. EB-2 and EB-3 green cards are company sponsored and EB-1 and EB-2 NIW can be self sponsored
By that logic, America first only for Native Americans.. This land has been home to any hard working immigrant.. OP’s ancestors were probably a proof for that as well.. But OP not so much since they chose to be lazy and complaining.
Def met team is only thing untouchable here
@am excuse me..."unfor" speak English... unfor you are an id-ot and it is too much trouble for you to speak coherently...
Unfor that the case in our team
Many rounds of layoffs, non H1B got impacted.
Certainly not untouchable... on the other hand they work harder, are smarter and they don't bi--h about RTO, strikes and rewards. ( hint )
@ag Checkout the Microsoft layoff site, they have similar questions. By the way, don't look at the average salary, that doesn't help much. You need to look at the job title, location, year. That's what matters. What someone makes in California for the same position will be different from what they make in Florida due to cost of living.
https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz6zdx61
Here is the website. Since H1B visa gets renewed every three years, the total H1B application approvals can be figured out by adding the past three years total (2024, 2023, 2022). This means Intel has over 11,000 H1B employees (3538+3218+4786).
https://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=intel+corporation&job=&city=&year=2022
Just as curiosity. Did you know that we have 24,165 H‑1B coworkers, with an average salary of about $101,794?
@ae Compare your salary throughout the years compared to H1B salary for that same year, same position, same location. Then you will see a clear picture. H1Bs make more then you and I. They are no longer considered cheap labor. Now, you are the cheap labor for your company, not H1B folks.