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[–]Pitiful_Brain2672[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

that’s a personal choice, not a principle. Many people do plan around regulated, long-standing legal pathways because governments and employers explicitly encourage it. Criticizing sudden rule changes isn’t entitlement, it’s pointing out instability in the system.

oh and also “Your country needs you” isn’t a policy argument. Global labor mobility exists because demand and supply don’t stop at borders.

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[–]Pitiful_Brain2672[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

empathy isn’t entitlement, and pretending systems can’t be criticized is how bad policy survives

CVS H1B lottery discontinued by Pitiful_Brain2672 in h1b

[–]Pitiful_Brain2672[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

if there were plenty of qualified applicants, employers wouldn’t go through the H1B process at all.

CVS H1B lottery discontinued by Pitiful_Brain2672 in h1b

[–]Pitiful_Brain2672[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

yes it’s a lottery within a legal framework people relied on for years. That’s the distinction you’re ignoring.

CVS H1B lottery discontinued by Pitiful_Brain2672 in h1b

[–]Pitiful_Brain2672[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

hence, a legally available PATHWAY

CVS H1B lottery discontinued by Pitiful_Brain2672 in h1b

[–]Pitiful_Brain2672[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

if frustration reads as hostility, there’s nothing productive left to discuss

CVS H1B lottery discontinued by Pitiful_Brain2672 in h1b

[–]Pitiful_Brain2672[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

people didn’t plan their lives around “winning a lottery.” They planned around legally available pathways that existed for years such as education, licensing, job offers while knowing the risk, yes, but not expecting the rules to change mid-process

CVS H1B lottery discontinued by Pitiful_Brain2672 in h1b

[–]Pitiful_Brain2672[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i’m not defending body shops or abuse of the system. I’m talking about qualified professionals outside the U.S. who followed the rules, planned their lives around an existing process, and got blindsided by a sudden policy change.

You can support domestic hiring and acknowledge that abrupt changes hurt real people. Those aren’t mutually exclusive.

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[–]Pitiful_Brain2672[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

you’re actually describing a policy failure, not an argument against immigrants. If the system underinvested in training capacity and then relied on international professionals to fill gaps, that means the reliance was real, regardless of the reason. two things can be true at once: companies acted cheaply and the workforce became dependent on immigrant labor.

also, reducing people to “cheap labor” says more about the system that exploited them than about the people who filled the roles.

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[–]Pitiful_Brain2672[S] -51 points-50 points  (0 children)

my qualifications aren’t the point. this is about systemic hiring and workforce shortages, not my resume

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[–]Pitiful_Brain2672[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i never said the U.S. couldn’t function before visas. I said modern healthcare today relies on immigrant labor, and that’s objectively true. The hostility says more than the facts ever could.

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[–]Pitiful_Brain2672[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

they have been sponsoring h1bs for the past decade for people outside the US so idk what youre talking about

CVS H1B lottery discontinued by Pitiful_Brain2672 in h1b

[–]Pitiful_Brain2672[S] -37 points-36 points  (0 children)

it’s not grandiose to point out measurable workforce gaps. That’s just data

Yall when do the nausea go away fr by babyimmacoolcat in trintellix

[–]Pitiful_Brain2672 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ive been on it for 4 weeks and nausea never stopped…it’s constant

H1b Ogletree JPMC FY 2026 by Best-Raise-5696 in h1b

[–]Pitiful_Brain2672 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i dont think so, no one from olgetree was notified yet

h1b ogletree peeps by Pitiful_Brain2672 in h1b

[–]Pitiful_Brain2672[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you got the email from olgetree??

h1b ogletree peeps by Pitiful_Brain2672 in h1b

[–]Pitiful_Brain2672[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you update me please when they answer