Working in US

I have some personal friends went through the process and were issued a green card and I know several companies will sponsor a employee to go through the process. As matter of fact those companies regularly have 30+% of their employees are in the process of gaining legal status. The companies are multinational companies with foreign origin.

Here are the problems of being employees of those company.

  1. You will be paid minimum wage for a highly skilled job, for example, you will be hired as a $100,000/yr computer engineer but be paid for minimum wage.
  2. The working environment is like a sweat shop and you won't have a choice because you rely on the company sponsorship.
  3. The companies are mostly located in a high standard living area such as Manhattan or Silicon Valley where with a minimum wage you will most likely can only afford live on the street. Those people I know of all got support from their foreign friends and families.