Thread regarding Intel Corp. layoffs

It is so they can have more leverage over them. A person on an H1B visa is basically guaranteed labor who will have to accept anything their employer throws at them, because they have no realistic options to leave the company until they get their green card.

Intel deliberately tailors their preferred qualifications (PhD RCGs with no work experience, and probably 90% of people in that category are international students) for engineering roles so that they "have to" hire nearly exclusively H1Bs.

It is very predatory and messed up.

Because they are easy to manage. They will not leave the company. Their goal is to live in the US. Whereas Americans are too ambitious and changes jobs too often for higher salary.

H-1B Visa Eligibility

A valid job offer from a U.S. employer for a role that requires specialty knowledge. Proof of a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in that field.

* Your employer must show that there is a lack of qualified U.S. applicants for the role. *

ROFL