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    [OC] The H-1B Divide: Tech vs Consulting
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    [OC] The H-1B Divide: Tech vs Consulting


    Tool: Figma + Tableau

    Source: https://stockanalysis.com/, https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/h1b-visas-workers-charts-cb81493c?mod=hp_lead_pos8

    When Trump’s administration proposed the $100K visa fee, it was sold as a way to “protect American jobs.”

    In reality, it did something entirely different: it protected Big Tech’s margins while obliterating the economics of consulting.

    Here’s why:

    • Tech companies like Meta, Apple, and Google generate millions in revenue per employee.
    • Consulting firms like TCS, Deloitte, and Cognizant rely on volume, not efficiency.
    • When both pay the same $100K per visa, that cost is a rounding error for Meta… and a death sentence for TCS.

    We’re watching the end of wage arbitrage, the foundation of the global IT outsourcing boom.

    The Macro Impact

    • Consulting firms will push delivery offshore to India.
    • Big Tech will quietly absorb costs and continue to hire top-tier global talent.

    Posted by savage2199

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    1. froginbog on

      It’s also the dumbest way for us to stop getting elite talent from abroad. Everything Trump touches just turns to shit

    2. LordSlickRick on

      Is per engineer/employee a meaningful metric? Not every engineer to pay the same amount. It’s also one time fee not a year over year fee, right? So it’s more of a temporary pain for some long-term gain.

      Edit: voice dictate typos

    3. austhrowaway91919 on

      Not to shit on you OP, but you’ve put a lot of effort into something you don’t seem to understand?

      Most of these visas actually go to consulting companies who contract into the big tech players.

      Also, Amazon has an enormous directly employed workforce vs meta who’s a typical, small tech workforce – which makes this comparison useless?

      Hope it’s not too critical, but this feels worthless.

    7. BenchmadeFan420 on

      America has plenty of consultants and plenty of programmers, we don’t need to import them.

    8. LanaDelHeeey on

      Holy shit this is awful. We need to start phasing out these visa types and make it illegal to offshore. More jobs for locals who can’t get one because of the competitiveness of the industry.

    10. spleeble on

      Averaging revenue across all employees makes very little sense here, especially for tech companies.