{"id":14052,"date":"2017-04-28T17:09:56","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T21:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=14052"},"modified":"2018-12-28T12:51:22","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T17:51:22","slug":"the-real-reason-tech-companies-demand-immigrants-and-guest-workers-theyre-lousy-places-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2017\/04\/28\/the-real-reason-tech-companies-demand-immigrants-and-guest-workers-theyre-lousy-places-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"The Real Reason Tech Companies Demand Immigrants and Guest Workers: They\u2019re Lousy Places to Work"},"content":{"rendered":"
It\u2019s an annual headline. Every April as the deadline for H-1B guest worker applications approaches there is the predictable news that far more applications are filed than there are visas available. And the usual interpretation \u2013 spun by the tech employers \u2013 is that the number of visas available is woefully inadequate to meet the industry\u2019s demands. This year was no exception \u2013 200,000 applications<\/a> for 65,000 visas.<\/p>\n The annual headline is inevitably followed by the inevitable lament that the American tech industry can\u2019t find qualified workers in this country and that it is being hamstrung by the \u201cstingy\u201d number of guest worker visas<\/a> made available each year. For years, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) has been disputing these self-serving industry claims<\/a>. Now, a new Ford Foundation-funded report by the Kapor Center<\/a> and the Harris Polling company confirms that the tech industry\u2019s labor problems are not the result of a dearth of qualified workers, but their own dysfunctional work environments.<\/p>\n