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Mr. Marks · 10-18-2005, 01:10 AM

I've been playing with the idea of having one of my companies petition a kickass designer from India to the US via the H1-B program. The guy will be contracted to work at $40K a year doing designs. I've been using his services on a freelance basis for over 2 years now and he said he'd jump on the chance to get to the US via H1-B even if the $40K rate is less than the $95K I pay him (If you aggregate his freelance rate, of course I haven't paid him this full amount since he's a freelancer and works on projects. But that's how his ANNUALIZED rate would be).

I think everyone wins in this situation. I get a kickass designer that converts the specialized auction pages I build at an ROI of over $200 per bid (CTR xref ROI at EBAY) and he gets a wage that's decent (it's over 1.8M in rupees). I can't find a local designer that can do what this guy does even if I were to pay over $40K a year. This guy is gold.

So if you were in my position, is this a good deal/idea? I'm just afraid that if I petition this guy and he's in the US, he might leave and work for a competitor. There would really be nothing stopping him cuz he's got the skills and H1-B lets him take his family with him.

10-18-2005, 01:10 AM
Mr. Marks Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Wherever I want Posts: 7,517	Importing top-notch designers to the US -- Good idea? I've been playing with the idea of having one of my companies petition a kickass designer from India to the US via the H1-B program. The guy will be contracted to work at $40K a year doing designs. I've been using his services on a freelance basis for over 2 years now and he said he'd jump on the chance to get to the US via H1-B even if the $40K rate is less than the $95K I pay him (If you aggregate his freelance rate, of course I haven't paid him this full amount since he's a freelancer and works on projects. But that's how his ANNUALIZED rate would be). I think everyone wins in this situation. I get a kickass designer that converts the specialized auction pages I build at an ROI of over $200 per bid (CTR xref ROI at EBAY) and he gets a wage that's decent (it's over 1.8M in rupees). I can't find a local designer that can do what this guy does even if I were to pay over $40K a year. This guy is gold. So if you were in my position, is this a good deal/idea? I'm just afraid that if I petition this guy and he's in the US, he might leave and work for a competitor. There would really be nothing stopping him cuz he's got the skills and H1-B lets him take his family with him.