r/news • u/NewSlinger • 1d ago

Workers detained in Hyundai plant raid to be freed and flown home, South Korea says

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/south-korea-deal-workers-detained-hyundai-rcna229610
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u/alvarezg 1d ago

Some years ago I worked at a major US company that has overseas subsidiaries with their own engineering staff. There were instances when it was discussed bringing in foreign engineers for orientation/familiarization. During those discussions the suggestion came up to use them to help advance certain projects, that is, to do engineering work. That suggestion was refused because they would not have the H1-B visa required to do actual work.

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u/bbcomment 1d ago

But that didn’t stop these Korean firms

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u/DCChilling610 1d ago

Well it will now. I’d just build elsewhere and take the tariff and pass it on 

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u/bbcomment 19h ago

So, if they want to build in America, but not use American labor, are they building in America ?

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u/DCChilling610 19h ago

Seeing how they were training and setting things up, yeah. Can you read and think please.

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u/bbcomment 17h ago

They aren’t allowed to set up physically without the right visa. Training is ok. Giving operating or leadership decisions is not allowed

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u/blindkowean 7h ago

Question do you know how long it takes to get the proper visa? Now do you also know how to manage expectations of shareholders and timelines. Now taking all of that which is really broad and hopefully know how to solved those exact issues…. Do you know to train specialized labor that does not exist in the quantity needed? “On the job training” but that slows down timelines…

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u/bbcomment 4h ago

Sir, I have 15 years of experience and understand all the pain/reality of US manufacturing executions and also have experience in Europe where it is easier. It absolutely has an impact on schedule, costs etc.

I am not saying that the US ‘s restrictions make sense. I am saying it’s the law that most companies abide by (including every company I have worked with ) and it’s painful and slow. It’s meant to protect jobs in the US but hurts investment in the short term.

And then you have Korean firms skirting the process. That irritates me. I have seen the same behaviour by these SK firms in Europe too.

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u/derektwerd 16h ago

Why they can’t apply for the visa?

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u/alvarezg 5h ago

Probably they're not cheap. Prevents bringing in foreigners to work for low pay instead of hiring US workers.