There’s nothing stopping companies from moving every offshorable job overseas. This policy isn’t about keeping jobs onshore.
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@122 I’m agreeing with the person below. That $100k is way too low. Should be $500k. Should be $1M. I’m just laying out the actual financials vs. the emotional parts. But I agree with the emotional part too. Just $100k won’t deter these companies
100k is too low. It should be 500k. Corporations have been abusing H1B process for decades. They acquired offshore folks because "they are cheaper than full-time employees". The majority of the offshore folks lack the required skillset so the full-time employees must train them, even though there are qualified US candidates readily available to do the work (which means that corporations like USAA are violating the terms of the H1B process). Ivy League schools train the elite to run corporations with 1 goal in mind: Generate more profit by firing full-time workers, replace them with underpaid off-shore folks that are expendable at any time, give the executives huge raises and bonuses, and control the workforce by eliminating those that disagree. Use HR as a we-pon. Ridicule the performance and reputation of high performing employees who point out leadership issues; no evidence required. And simply get rid of any employees that you don't like. Texas is at-will employment so they don't even need a reason. If you are a defender of USAA in it's current state, enjoy your corporate prison. Just continue to do whatever the prison guards tell you to do. As for work-life balance, just keep doing the same things over and over. Keep reporting to work for over 50/60 hours a week with no overtime. Give up your family life. And when you recognize the life that you gave up for the good of the company, don't worry. The company has good mental health benefits to help you through this while you continue working. And you will be fired once you reach a certain salary level as it is more cost effective to get rid of you and hire a contractor by violating the terms of the H1B. Maybe that has now changed. We'll see. What a messed up world. Corporations are protected by the government. Why? Because they hire people to pay taxes which are needed to fund the government. If you really disagree with this thread and think that you have freedom in the workplace, do the following. Call your boss a liar when they blatantly state something that you know is a lie. Go ahead. Do it. You indirectly sign away your constitutional rights when you work at a corporation. Unless you become an activist that supports the same ideology of the company. Then, you'll get promoted. You really should call your leader a liar when they blatantly lie. It is well worth the fallout as you are standing for what is right, not sitting and taking the lies that will impact your mental health. Don't be a victim. Be a true leader and standup, knowing that you will probably get fired for doing the right thing. When you become old and disabled, you'll be thankful that you stood up to their bs. Corporate leaders simply exist to climb the corporate ladder in order to make more money. Do the research. Look at the compensation of top executives. And ask yourself if the value of their services are really worth over 10x the value of what you provide. Good luck with prison. Nice of them to give you the weekend off. Amala should have been fired many years ago. And Wayne should be behind bars.
I’m sorry I have to disagree. $100k one time fee is cheaper and immediate fix. The alternative? Post, hire, train, hundreds / thousands of roles on-shore to people that have zero qualifications, so we starting at a zero baseline? That would take years and cost so much more. $100k, you could have the same person flown over the same week doing the same exact role. No interruptions in service.
@ej+1k5ksjyr2 wait an indian is managing my account from india. oh.. ***ell nahh not good. The public should know. That is security risk, they are close to russia.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/restriction-on-entry-of-certain-nonimmigrant-workers/
As an american, I hope that this is just the beginning. If the current administration wants to limit H1B by employing that $100K fee, it should also slap high tariffs on "services" that are performed overseas, aka offshored jobs. DJT promised that in his first term, hopefully it happens now.
@cr Pointing out Reputational risk doesn’t mean someone doesn’t understand the business model or is a simpleton. You don’t need to be a keyboard warrior and cut people down to feel better about yourself.
This is not the solution. POTUS should go after H4, OPT, CPT, where the majority of the fake profiles start. He should go after companies that deploys people knowing they are fake experiences.
It's good, but just too bad it's only an EO. Can be reversed by the next POTUS with a signature. Making it law via Congress would've been better. C'est la vie. Maybe Congress will follow up with a law? We can hope. Vote. And write your congressman.
The cope in this thread is real
H1B reduction will help college grads get jobs over the fake cert / fake degree / fake interview hustle we see so often with 3p
They’ve never been better, just cheaper - and this will change that
If the talent truly can’t be sourced locally, then companies will pay the premium for sourcing it abroad - that’s ok
It’ll also help house prices where h1b have flooded the schools and homes
Big win and it’s only the first step
Imagine a country prioritizing its own citizens over greedy capitalism
Let them offshore and see how United States Military and veterans feel about Indians taking care of their money and products. You will see a fall like Blockbuster if USAA does it.
@as The association which is already offering expensive products, can't afford everything onshore.. A lot of you don't understand business model, do you? Simpletons! Good day and god bless you!
Tcs in aml is a joke.
No clue about money laundering or how anyone banks…
And regular employees check theit work and its still wrong!!!!
Stop doing unpaid overtime to review and clean up the slop offshore produces. The "cost savings" of offshoring does not factor in the time it takes to baby-sit 3P "developers".
@b3 connecting the dots here. HCL, TCS have both onshore and offshore.
They come back to USAA and say onshore H1B is now costing double, or you can still use our offshore teams for half or less. What does USAA choose?
This is what op means about off-shoring.
@ax You're not counting HCL/TCS/etc.
@OP kind of has a point. Of USAA's ~35K employees maybe 100 some have H1b STEM jobs. Under a percent of the US workforce is H1b.
If you're worried about competition, off-shoring is more likely a bigger problem. USAA execs really aren't into quality and think cheap is always better.
The expensive consultants are also incentivized to advise execs to cut muscle so they can get more work.
Hope they destroy the entire off shoring model and just hire citizens and college grads.
I’m wondering if they would take a reputational hit with too much offshoring. A company that is here to serve the American military, but doesn’t hire Americans might not be that palatable for the members.
Remote within 60 miles of an office is unacceptable. But other side of the world is fine. Sure, that makes sense. Smh
If that were the case, they'd have offshored all the jobs that are currently onshore sponsorships. Offshoring too can be limited and shaped with legislation. Vote.