> I have no idea how the outsourcing firms get away with that.
They make job descriptions that only the immigrant worker could possibly fill, e.g. they demand that they have all the niche skills a candidate has that could possibly apply to the role, they demand that candidates are willing to work for the same pay in the same location and they do their best to advertise the position in places people won't look, like physical newspapers.
I also find that the prevailing wage information for software engineers is very low, at least when I've seen it on my own LCA forms it's been a lot lower than what I'm getting paid and I can easily see how other companies could abuse the process.
They make job descriptions that only the immigrant worker could possibly fill, e.g. they demand that they have all the niche skills a candidate has that could possibly apply to the role, they demand that candidates are willing to work for the same pay in the same location and they do their best to advertise the position in places people won't look, like physical newspapers.
I also find that the prevailing wage information for software engineers is very low, at least when I've seen it on my own LCA forms it's been a lot lower than what I'm getting paid and I can easily see how other companies could abuse the process.