My mom is a teacher here in the Bay. Schools were never sponsoring work visas because there are credential requirements.
The difference is, that $100k on top of the 30-40% premium on top of base salary means a $150k employee went from costing $210k to $310k almost overnight.
The math for sponsoring someone on any work visa was already growing tenuous against offshoring, but this rule change sealed the deal by giving FP&A a number it can use to justify that it is much cheaper to offshore.
Your mom wasn’t a math teacher I presume. An h1b is 6 years, so divide your 100k by six and account for inflation which is high and will continue to be high under the current (incompetent? sociopathic?) regime.
The difference is, that $100k on top of the 30-40% premium on top of base salary means a $150k employee went from costing $210k to $310k almost overnight.
The math for sponsoring someone on any work visa was already growing tenuous against offshoring, but this rule change sealed the deal by giving FP&A a number it can use to justify that it is much cheaper to offshore.