Why should anyone put their trust in what corporation say? They're an entity whose sole existence is to generate profit from employee labor. Not to mention Apple has a 99% approval rate for h1b apps.
When they are already set up offshore and they look for new hires, do you think they will hire first in SV/NYC or in their Canada/India offices? Same with layoff preferences, they would prefer to lay off people in the more expensive location. And maybe hire someone new in the cheaper location.
This will affect a lot of non-tech local jobs both at the company like HR and cafeteria, and jobs in the local economy.
>Not to mention Apple has a 99% approval rate for h1b apps
Then why do you think Tim Cook personally signed this letter?
https://s3.amazonaws.com/brt.org/archive/letters/Immigration...
It isn't just about approval rates, it's about being able attract the best foreign talent, people being stuck in green card queue for a decade+ with no end in sight, not getting visas in consulates etc.
Hacker News indeed
As the pay rises, the tendency and pressure to offshore increases. It will start slowly, but as more competitors do it, will accelerate.
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft/trumps-immig...