Just months after layoffs, Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon are employing low-paid H-1B IT workers.
Just months or weeks after announcing large layoffs, many tech corporations started employing foreign workers again, raising questions and attracting criticism. Many tech giants, like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta, started laying off a significant percentage of their workforces in the latter part of last year. The same corporations may now be willing to hire low-paid overseas workers to fill technical roles, according to a recent report. According to data from the US Department of Labour used in an article by investigative journalist Lee Fang, Google submitted applications for low-paid H1-B employees to cover highly specialised tech roles in the…