[radq]

You can switch jobs on an H1-B, and if you get fired/laid off you currently get 180 days to find a new job (though that used to be 60 days previously).

[thumbsup-_-]

it's still 60 days https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/options-for-nonimmigra...

[throwawaylinux]

Doesn't seem too unreasonable for people who have highly in-demand skills that are unable to be satisfied by the domestic workforce.

[radq]

Looks like you're right, there was a recommendation to increase it but I don't see anything about it taking effect.