Anonymous User wrote:I don't understand why international associates are an "expensive risk" to the firm? If they've already hired you, if anything striking out with the H1-B gives them a easy way to fire you without even suffering the bad PR/TLS gossip/potential ATL writeup. Then they end up saving that $$, however marginal the amount is. By keeping you around for a year and already investing in your training, I think it's an indication that to the extent it's a risk at all, the firm has willingly taken it on.
Well first sponsoring H1B and filing the application cost some $; the firm could just hire an equally qualified American without paying that fee.
If the international student is stuck out in lottery, the fee won't be refunded and the firm wasted human resources in training that person. And the firm will have shortage on staff, depending on how many international they hire in that year and how many didn't get the visa. The vacancy will likely require extra hiring and extra work on the HR. So firms have the tendency to minimize this risk.
