CompensationMar 18, 2019

Do you feel you get paid less as H1b?

Some of team mate revealed salary to me,I was shocked they (citizens and green card) get paid more than me with less experience and responsibilities. And I m lead engineer.

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Okta doomsday Mar 18, 2019

Some companies do that for sure

Google Shaktiman’ Mar 18, 2019

no

Gigamon done Mar 18, 2019

Its very common. Its called modern day slavery aka H1B.

Dropbox DropSev Mar 18, 2019

Slavery. Really? I'm H1b myself, if things don't work out here, I can pack up and leave. Unfortunately, the slaves couldn't do that.

Proofpoint 💰 $ Mar 18, 2019

That’s why it’s called mordern slavery. Bye the when you are planning to pack bag.

Maxim Integrated vlyf07 Mar 18, 2019

Yep especially in salary negotiation stage hr will say company will pay immigration fee for you unfair

Microsoft xbsosmO Mar 18, 2019

It's anonymous, can you share the salary difference ?

Tesla mrDonald Mar 18, 2019

You get paid as much you can sell yourself.

Amazon newton12 Mar 18, 2019

Depends on where you work.

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abtdn Mar 18, 2019

https://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=proofpoint And your American coworkers know how much less you make too 😫

Tesla mrDonald Mar 18, 2019

Believe me, nobody gives a shit 😆

Bose justme2k19 Mar 18, 2019

Yes many companies pay less for h1b

Amazon mr cool Mar 18, 2019

Not tier 1 companies

Bose justme2k19 Mar 18, 2019

Netflix’s postings show max base of 240K for h1b on proof point ( link above ), and I thought their salary was mostly base ?

Tableau ThePlague Mar 18, 2019

Unless you count that h1bs generally don't jump so they end up underpaid. Or that in many cases they have studied outside the US and given a lower offer, or have experience outside the US that is not considered