Laid-Off Americans, Required to Zip Lips on Way Out, Grow Bolder
As a former H1-B worker myself (please put down the pitch-forks :)), I can tell you that regular companies aren&#x27;t hiring H1-Bs to replace you directly. Instead they contract swarms of us through companies like WiPro and other body shops. This, along with the inability to seek a more fitting job on your own regardless of skill level is the main problem I see. You&#x27;re essentially shackled to these body shops. You can&#x27;t go home because of their BS employee agreements that force you to pay thousands if you leave before a certain time, you can&#x27;t ask for higher salary or healthcare benefits, you don&#x27;t get to choose where you work so it may be Texas today, WA tomorrow, Alabama next week so forget having a family life, you&#x27;re wife can&#x27;t work if you bring her and kids with you so you have to just follow along to their whims regardless. It is pretty much human trafficking once you get here. I can tell most folks here are American, they have no idea how messed up the H1-B system is.