It’s less than what an American worker of the same skill level would get because their ability to negotiate is way reduced.
Some companies do care about costs. FB cares more about the second part.
And knowing that someone is getting $500k is an outlier given that more senior engineers would likely not be on H1-B at that point in their career because they’d have a green card by then. So your anecdote doesn’t apply to the majority of cases I’m talking about which is at entry or mid level.
Some companies do care about costs. FB cares more about the second part.
And knowing that someone is getting $500k is an outlier given that more senior engineers would likely not be on H1-B at that point in their career because they’d have a green card by then. So your anecdote doesn’t apply to the majority of cases I’m talking about which is at entry or mid level.