U.S. tech firms — Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple — were the top 10 employers of H-1B recipients in 2024.

  • Amazon workers bagged the highest number of H-1B visas every year between 2020 and 2024.
  • U.S. companies have grown exponentially and need more IT talent.
  • Indian IT firms have scaled back H-1B filings amid increased scrutiny.
  • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Exactly, when jobs get outsourced all that money leaves the country and doesn’t come back, Asia isn’t buying American goods all that much. China is pretty strict about preventing foreign companies from operating in China and India doesn’t allow foreign companies to directly do business in India. They have to spin off a profit sharing venture with a local company, that’s like 2 billion people right there and now with Trump antagonizing western allies, even Europeans are looking to move away from American businesses.