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Comcast hires foreign workers on H1B visas over US workers

Test Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Comcast for 4 years
January 12, 2017
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

As a contractor, very little positive. Good pay, but no benefits.

Cons

It's hard to get full-time employment unless in management or senior-level positions.

Eighty-five percent of the Test Engineering team in Center City Philadelphia is comprised of foreign workers who are here on H1B visas. They get taken advantage of with less pay and long hours, or they get sent back home. Conversely, US workers are let go in favor of the cheaper labor that foreign workers from India, Asia, and Russia can provide. It's really messed up. In a meeting recently, out of 33 people, only 6 were US citizens.

Advice to Management

Invest in America and hire US citizens.

Then make them direct hires, as that gives them pride and a sense of loyalty to their company, instead of having a mercenary attitude since the company shows no loyalty to them.

Tired of seeing US workers train their foreign replacements... I am in the process of doing that now.

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