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1.0 Amazon violates h1b visa rules posted on April 24, 2008

I was fired by Amazon.com before the end of the H1B work visa I held expired. The rules state that if employment is terminated before the end of 3 years, the employer has to pay the air fare back home. Amazon.com did not.

They tried their best to make me resign over a period of a few months before finally firing me. This was worse than a rule violation as it was a constant verbal battering over near imaginary problems.

It seemed a common theme at that time of Amazon.com asking (or pressuring) employees to resign first. Well by common theme, I mean I know it happened to other people as well.

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  • Re: Amazon violates h1b visa rules posted on May 05, 2008 03:39 PM

    Thats horrible!!! Are you going to sue for your money?

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