Google, Meta, Amazon hire low-paid foreign workers after US layoffs: report
By Ariel ZilberMay 16, 2023 3:43pm
Updated
Some of the biggest companies in tech including Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and Salesforce have hired foreign workers just weeks after reducing headcount by thousands of employees, according to a report.
Google, which laid off some 12,000 employees earlier this year, filed applications for low-paid foreign workers to come to the United States and assume highly specialized tech roles within the company, according to investigative journalist Lee Fang.
The Google-owned self-driving outfit Waymo also received government approval for H-1B visa applications for engineering jobs, according to Fang.
The newly employed workers from overseas will begin working at the company as soon as Aug. 17, Fang reported.
Other firms including Meta, Amazon, Zoom, Salesforce, Microsoft, and Palantir have also filed for more H-1B applications, according to Fang.
The number of applications for visas used in the technology industry soared for a second straight year, raising “serious concerns” that some are manipulating the system to gain an unfair advantage, authorities said last month.
According to Fang, tech firms have hired lobbyists to pressure lawmakers and the Biden administration to expand the number of H-1B visas that are issued.
The website Layoffs.fyi, which keeps a running tally of the total number of workers who have lost their jobs this year, reported more than 168,000 tech layoffs.
Source:https://nypost.com/2023/05/16/googl...paid-foreign-workers-after-us-layoffs-report/
