“He said that hiring someone on an H1B1 visa actually costs the company $100,000 per hire because of all the legal expenses and that they would prefer to hire domestically, but there aren’t enough domestic applicants.”
I’ve heard the same nonsense from one of the largest accounting firms; they were importing foreigners when there is absolutely no shortage of accounting majors here in the US. They got to pay them less, and work them 7 days a week while they were sponsored - that is why they preferred them to Americans.
Accountants in my family and several friends. All Americans.
Great job security. Accountants are always in demand.
What you don’t seem to understand is that most of them work 7 days a week, at least in their busy periods. No rest for the weary in that profession, especially in the big accounting firms. Few 40-hr. work weeks.
So your H1B accountants were just being treated like Americans.
At least, in these days of remote computing, some of the work can be done from home evenings and weekends.