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Real hiring criteria is ‘are you Telugu?’: Indian Redditor’s take on H-1B goes viral

An Indian Redditor said it’s true that Indian managers in US hire only Indians because they won’t be able to make Americans overwork. An Indian Redditor who claimed to be an ex-Amazon employee took to Reddit to share his rant against Indian managers in US workplaces. The post went viral with anti-H-1Bs reveling in the […]

$100,000 fee for companies hiring H-1Bs? What does this mean? What is the present cost?

Companies will be discouraged to hire H-1Bs if they have to pay $100,000 fee. In a major overhaul of the H-1B program, President Donald Trump is planning to add $100,000 application fee for the program, and may sign the proclamation Friday, reports said. This will be a steep jump costing companies a bomb if they […]

H-1B holders over Americans? Elon Musk’s Tesla sued for discrimination; lawsuit alleges cost-cutting through visa hiring

Tesla, the electric vehicle company led by billionaire Elon Musk, is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing it of favouring visa holders over American workers to cut labour costs.Filed Friday in the San Francisco federal court, the complaint alleges Tesla violated federal civil rights law by disproportionately hiring H-1B visa holders while laying off US […]

HIRE Act 2025: Proposal of 25% tax on companies for hiring foreign workers; how will it impact India?

HIRE Act proposes 25% tax on companies for hiring foreign workers. Amid MAGA talks of taxing companies for hiring foreign workers or banning them from hiring Indians, senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) has introduced the HIRE Act (Halting International Relocation of Employment), vowing protection of American workers from jobs getting outsourced by US companies. The Act, […]

Why Elon Musk hates researchers and loves engineers — after he corrected xAI employee Aditya Gupta’s hiring post | World News

Elon Musk recently made waves by publicly correcting a hiring post from an xAI employee, Aditya Gupta, who initially sought to recruit both “researchers” and “engineers” for the artificial intelligence startup. Musk emphatically declared that the term “researcher” is outdated, pretentious, and fosters a problematic two-tier system within the engineering workforce. He insisted that at […]

H-1B hiring: Tech companies accused of bending rules with newspaper job listings

A report claims tech companies are bending rules to hire H-1Bs. Amid mass layoffs from major tech companies, the companies have now been accused of bending hiring rules in the local newspaper advertisements that they are mandated to advertise before hiring. While the rules say these roles are to be advertised for US-born workers, a […]

‘Miami not Mumbai’: Hotel under fire for reportedly hiring virtual Indian receptionist; US netizens say ‘hire Americans’

Image: Instagram@/languageguy1 A hotel in Miami is under fire for allegedly hiring an Indian to be a receptionist and to check in guests virtually. The video, which is now going viral on social media, has sparked backlash, fueling concerns over job outsourcing amid heightened anti-immigrant sentiment.Originally posted by Pete Langs (@languageguy1) on TikTok and Instagram, […]

Kuwait Petroleum to begin retiring employees over 60 this year, shifting focus to hiring young nationals | World News

Kuwait’s KPC ends automatic renewals for employees above 60/Representative Image TL;DR: Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) will begin retiring employees aged 60 and above to make room for younger Kuwaiti professionals. This step is part of a wider national workforce strategy aimed at reducing dependence on expatriate labor. Recruitment efforts will now focus on fresh graduates, […]

‘Vile racism’: Trump administration freezes $108 million in research funding to Duke University; withheld over admissions, hiring practices

Duke University faces $108 million funding suspension (Image: AP) The Donald Trump administration has suspended $108 million in federal research funding to Duke University, accusing the institution of engaging in racial discrimination through affirmative action policies. The move marks a sharp escalation in the administration’s crackdown on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices at major […]

Scrap H-1B visa exception: Republicans introduce new bill for prioritizing Americans in universities, ending ‘backdoor hiring’

Republican lawmakers introduce a new proposal to end H-1B exception for higher education staff. Amid ongoing aspersions against the H-1B visa program, a new Republican proposal was introduced by Rep Tom Tiffany and Rep Andrew Clyde proposing to scrap the H-1B visa exception for higher education staff. Currently, there is a 65,000-person cap for the […]