H-1B: Uber snatches up more foreign-worker visas as it lays off hundreds of employees

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Mercury News
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21 October 2019
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National News
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economy
H-1B
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Uber has doubled the number of government approvals it has received to hire foreign workers through the controversial H-1B visa this year, while laying off hundreds of skilled employees, state and federal data show.
 
The San Francisco ride-hailing giant revealed in a California employment-department filing this month that it is laying off nearly 400 workers at its offices in the city and in Palo Alto. The filing showed software engineers at the firm were the hardest hit, with more than 125 people cut loose.
 
Meanwhile, Uber this year received federal government approval for 299 new H-1B visas...
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