I bet it is rather that they prefer people who are more familiar with their own culture, language, expectation of work ethics and so on. Skilled workers on work visa can be sourced from all over the globe but they only want Taiwanese.
They already have connections in Taiwan, so that’s the easiest workforce for them to draw from.
They have closer language & cultural ease with fellow Taiwanese people than people from anywhere else in the global labor market.
But this article isn’t about Taiwanese H1-B visa workers vs other H1-B workers, it’s about H1-B workers vs domestic workers. The fact that almost all those H1-B workers happen to be Taiwanese is a bit of a red herring.
H1-B visa workers are easier to exploit than citizens & permanent residents.
I bet it is rather that they prefer people who are more familiar with their own culture, language, expectation of work ethics and so on. Skilled workers on work visa can be sourced from all over the globe but they only want Taiwanese.
Which is inherently discriminatory. Especially when their lawyers have absolutely told their executives that and they could care less.
I thought that goes without saying:
But this article isn’t about Taiwanese H1-B visa workers vs other H1-B workers, it’s about H1-B workers vs domestic workers. The fact that almost all those H1-B workers happen to be Taiwanese is a bit of a red herring.
You and @[email protected] both are right