Also it isn't slave labor because H1-Bs can leave and get another job of their liking or go back to their home country when they wish.
Please tell me you were born in a third-world country and that your parents wages were so low that they could barely afford to feed you and your siblings while you were growing up. And you would not mind going back because you so loved the living conditions before moving to the US that you would love your kids to grow up in a third-world country, with all its disadvantages.
You, dear blinkingled, clearly have no clue what you are saying when you say what you said there.
What about changing jobs on H1? Is that too hard on you, shiven? Getting up and leaving for work in traffic to the same place everyday - does that bother you too?!
Changing jobs on a H1B is certainly an extra hurdle. I'm on an E3 and am pretty much only willing to consider Amazon/Facebook sized companies that I know will be able to handle visa issues for me. I do know people who've moved to a startup or smaller company but they spent a lot of their own time and money dealing with immigration, which I'm not very interested in. And if you are applying for a greencard while on the H1B then I believe* that changing jobs at the wrong point in the process can reset/invalidate your current application, setting you back years in the process.
I can't speak for shiven but I know I hate mornings and traffic too, yea.
*I'm not actually doing this myself, I'm basing this off of friends experiences
Wanna offer me one? Perhaps you live in a part of the universe blessed with a cornucopia of jobs offers. I do not.
Snark aside, did you know losing your "new" job while on an H-1B means getting kicked out of the US within 15 days? Not a very comforting thought now, is it?
Inconvenience and slavery are two different things. H1B isn't very convenient to the employees and it could certainly get better but calling it slavery is going too far.
Please tell me you were born in a third-world country and that your parents wages were so low that they could barely afford to feed you and your siblings while you were growing up. And you would not mind going back because you so loved the living conditions before moving to the US that you would love your kids to grow up in a third-world country, with all its disadvantages.
You, dear blinkingled, clearly have no clue what you are saying when you say what you said there.