Tesla has replaced some of its US employees who were let go as part of a big wave of layoffs earlier this year with foreign workers using H-1B visas, which CEO Elon Musk is now campaigning to increase.
Over the last week, Elon Musk has been promoting the increase of H-1B visas, which are used to bring foreign workers into the US for “specialty occupations.”
Qualified foreign workers need to be sponsored by a company to get the visa, which lasts three years, extendable to six years, after which the holder needs to reapply.
The visa holder must maintain employment at the visa sponsor to retain the work visa. The worker would have to leave the country if the employment ends for whatever reason. This has led to some criticism as it gives tremendous power to the employer and can lead to a modern version of indentured servitude.
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I wasn’t referring to the article, I was referring to the specific reply that we’re chatting about
If you’re referring to my reply, then I guess you totally missed the sarcasm.
And just in case you’ve been living under a very large rock, Donald Trump and his ultra-rich puppetmasters have flip-flopped on the H-1B issue, since they don’t need to lie to the American voters anymore, and they are now fully embracing fucking them over and replacing them with lower-wage indentured foreign workers.
If you’re talking about something else, then you lost me…
Aha, the flip-flopping is exactly what I missed and why I was confused. Thanks for the explanation.