> This company is also in love with the H1-B program. I don't mind H1-B at all, but when companies exploit humans from other countries so they don't have to pay American wages, that's where I draw the line, it's bad for everyone
My perspective as a non-American: I'd gladly work for less than "American wages" (which is still more than I earn in my country) in exchange for a shot at a green card.
That's now how it works though. You're going to make half what an American makes but have the same expenses. So basically you're broke, struggling to maintain abroad while being chained along with the promise of a green card.
When year 4/5 rolls around and it becomes time to pay the green card piper, they just fire you instead because legal paperwork is expensive and everything you struggled to build for yourself in America is instantly gone. Want that green card? Start the process over, 5 more years of indentured slavery.
It's not sustainable for anyone. I'd prefer they pay you what Americans make if they're going to ask you to live and work in America.
My perspective as a non-American: I'd gladly work for less than "American wages" (which is still more than I earn in my country) in exchange for a shot at a green card.