Hi Peter, Thanks for posting that. I was somewhat aware of this but this video was an eye-opener for me because of how blatant it is. I do have a question, though: presumably the motivation for hiring foreign technical workers is because they will work for a lower salary. However, the video seems to indicate that the company is allowed to disqualify an American worker if he or she wants a higher salary than is being offered. There is no legal salary restriction except minimum wage, right? (which applies equally to foreign workers) If so, why can't companies simply offer so low a salary that only foreign workers would take it? Such a practice would be the normal "free market" approach. In that case, either US salaries will adjust down and the U.S. based tech workers will take the jobs at lower salaries OR there will not be enough H1B slots to fill the required job positions and the salaries will settle at a level inbetween the two extremes (that which it would be at if there were no visas, and that which it would be at if visas were unrestricted) Sean On 6/23/07, Peter P. wrote: > This is a real bomb imho, and it seems to be true. It also explains some aspects > of job ads that require 10 years of qualification in programming languages which > have been around for 5 years and worse. Read/watch and weep: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCbFEgFajGU > > source: Slashdot > > Peter P. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist