{"id":33371,"date":"2025-09-27T06:01:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T06:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/a-major-silicon-valley-medtech-company-just-announced-it-was-pausing-h-1b-hires\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T06:01:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T06:01:18","slug":"a-major-silicon-valley-medtech-company-just-announced-it-was-pausing-h-1b-hires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/a-major-silicon-valley-medtech-company-just-announced-it-was-pausing-h-1b-hires\/","title":{"rendered":"A major Silicon Valley medtech company just announced it was pausing H-1B hires"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/6397b3e0a3bebb0018b42931?format=jpeg\" alt=\"Intuitive Surgical Gary Guthart\"\/><figcaption>Gary Guthart<\/p>\n<p>YouTube presentation\/Intuitive<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Intuitive Surgical says it&#039;s pausing H-1B offers due to President Donald Trump&#039;s executive order.<\/li>\n<li>It&#039;s a sign that the new $100,000 fees are affecting how the tech industry is hiring.<\/li>\n<li>Intuitive did not respond to a request for comment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Intuitive, a medtech giant with over 13,000 employees globally, says it is temporarily pausing offers to candidates who require H-1B visas.<\/p>\n<p>It&#039;s a clear indication that the White House&#039;s new $100,000 H-1B fee policy, announced less than a week ago, is having a real impact on tech hiring \u2014 and not just on cash-strapped startups.<\/p>\n<p>Intuitive, based in Sunnyvale, California, has a market cap of over $150 billion. It generated over $8 billion in revenue last year and is an S&amp;P 500 member. It&#039;s best known for its da Vinci robots, which perform minimally invasive surgeries.<\/p>\n<p>The company disclosed the new H-1B policy in over 100 job listings on its careers page.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Due to the uncertainty caused by the recent US executive proclamation, we are temporarily pausing offers to candidates who require H-1B visa sponsorship,&quot; the listings said.<\/p>\n<p>While Intuitive&#039;s listings said the company was &quot;temporarily&quot; pausing H-1B offers, it didn&#039;t mention any timeline for resuming them. The language appears across a wide array of US-based positions, from software engineers to communications.<\/p>\n<p>Intuitive did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Intuitive&#039;s job listings underscore the confusion rippling through corporate America after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on September 19, imposing a $100,000 fee on new H-1B applications.<\/p>\n<p>The move blindsided companies across industries, triggering a weekend scramble as HR and immigration teams told employees outside the country to return within 24 hours before the order&#039;s Sunday start date.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has since clarified that current H-1B holders are not affected by the policy, which applies to new applicants from outside the country.<\/p>\n<p>Intuitive has sponsored over 1,500H-1B petitions since 2009, according to the official website of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Guthart YouTube presentation\/Intuitive Intuitive Surgical says it&#039;s pausing H-1B offers due to President Donald Trump&#039;s executive order. It&#039;s a sign that the new $100,000 fees are affecting how the tech industry is hiring. Intuitive did not respond to a request for comment. 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