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• @ozm OneZero on x

  EXCLUSIVE: H-1B visa workers at tech's biggest companies face discrimination. A survey by @ozm confirms that conditions can be stressful, precarious, and degrading for some workers on these visas. http://read.medium.com/jcsU5EX

• @ustechworkers @ustechworkers on x

  A great bombshell report by @SarahNEmerson regarding the insidious H-1B visa program, & how major Silicon Valley companies like Google, Microsoft, EBay, Uber, etc., are using the visa program because it provides CHEAP INDENTURED employees who will remain obedient & not complain. …

• @histoftech Mar Hicks on x

  This reporting is so important: for years friends of mine who are here on H1B visas have told me privately how they feel unable to really advocate for themselves because their whole ability to stay in the US is tied to their employment. https://twitter.com/...

• @indivisible_usa NotInvisibleUSA on x

  This is something I've tweeted about before because a member of my immediate family has experienced this kind of discrimination. Heads up, it doesn't just happen in tech companies. It happens in all industries. https://twitter.com/...

• @organizejs @organizejs on x

  H1B workers rely on their companies to stay in the US. This means that they are more precarious & more likely to stay out of trouble. This is why tech companies are so willing to hire H1B workers. It's not just about multiculturalism. It's about hiring a more docile workforce. ht…

• @arjunblj Arjun Balaji on x

  In discussions of inclusion in tech , H-1Bs are overlooked while being systematically underpaid and trapped by employers. The system is broken. Without H1-B reform, the US risks losing skilled tech talent altogether as other hubs become increasingly attractive. https://twitter.co…

• @janelytv @janelytv on x

  Survey of tech workers on H-1B visas says many feel discriminated against by their companies: “Foreign laborers who enter the program also report feeling like an underclass, with stressful working conditions and discrimination due to their visa status.” https://onezero.medium.com…

• @datarade Kumar on x

  In Silicon Valley, sometimes the best and brightest are enslaved by H1B visas in a green card catch 22. Mediocre western bosses, brilliant talent, indentured in a way. https://twitter.com/...

• @s_m_i Stacy-Marie Ishmael on x

  H-1B employees from India are treated and perceived very, very differently from employees from the UK, Canada, Australia who are also on visas. https://twitter.com/...

• @sarahnemerson @sarahnemerson on x

  I spent the last few months reporting this story about the lives of foreign workers who, because of their visa status, are indentured to the world's biggest technology companies — Amazon, Facebook, Google, Uber, Microsoft, and others https://onezero.medium.com/...

• @kozemoze Kaushik Viswanath on x

  “Right now, no more than 7% of green cards can be issued to citizens of any one country, meaning Indian H-1B workers, for instance, are disproportionately faced with decades — even centuries — long backlogs.” https://twitter.com/...

• @dlberes Damon Beres on x

  “I believe that H-1B employees tend to tolerate more bullshit from managers because they cannot just rage-quit.” - 100% from Lyft said they felt at least some additional pressure due to their status - 32% from PayPal perceived discrimination “very often” https://onezero.medium.co…

• @joshsternberg Josh Stermberb on x

  “The lottery system is ineffective, Kerr says, and too often the program is used to recruit lower-skilled workers at a discount.” Great reporting on H-1B visas from @SarahNEmerson https://onezero.medium.com/...

• @ow Owen Williams on x

  There are many reasons I wouldn't work/live in the US, but the idea of my entire life being dependent on a job, because of a visa, is the one that puts me off most https://onezero.medium.com/...

• @davegershgorn Dave Gershgorn on x

  I've never read a more comprehensive look at H1B visas than @SarahNEmerson's story today. Responses from 10,000 H1B visa holders in tech. Yes, 10,000 — not a typo. https://onezero.medium.com/...