rkomorn 4 days ago

I've had three different H1Bs. Yes, transfers are easy, but they're sure a hell more risky than staying at your current job and enduring whatever you have to.

You're not beholden to your employer, but you have borderline coercive reasons to stay.

  • boelboel 4 days ago

    Even a 5% chance you and your partner/kids have to uproot their life is a bigger sacrifice than a 30% wage increase, at least to some people.

  • square_usual 4 days ago

    Great, yes, but you sure as hell don't have "absolute loyalty" to a company.

    • johnnyanmac 4 days ago

      Its all relative. A burned out American can drop out tomorrow with no short term plan. H1Bs cannot fo that unless they are ready to go back to their previous country.

liveoneggs 4 days ago

You have 60 days to find a new job or get deported. It's a pretty strong lever.

  • square_usual 4 days ago

    How is that related to a transfer? If you have a job on an H1b, you can get another job and switch to it any time with a transfer.

    • liveoneggs 4 days ago

      re-read OOP, not your own jump to "transfer"

      • square_usual 3 days ago

        My logic is if you can transfer you don't have absolute loyalty. Your logic is... what exactly?

SilverElfin 4 days ago

It is unbelievable the kind of misinformation that is spread about immigrants. Thanks for pointing that out