An Indian tech professional took to Reddit to express his frustration over the current outsourcing work culture, emphasising that employees are "not machines" and calling for greater empathy from international clients.
He criticised the expectation that Indian tech workers should consistently deliver world-class, 'Google-level', results while receiving comparatively modest compensation.
The post, "To my American friends who outsource to India, please chill," is now viral. The user highlighted the significance of mutual respect and realistic expectations in the post.
Here’s what’s in the post:
The post gained much attention throughout the internet, some supported his perspective, while many disagreed.
"7LPA is your salary, but what does your company bill your client? Let's say the company bills 20 LPA in your name. So the client will expect an output worth 20 LPA. So the expectation set by our Indian companies is high", one Reddit user remarked.
"It's not them. Indian companies lie to foreign clients and sell you to them as a 5-year experienced dev even if you are just a fresher with 6 months internship/training", another user concurred.
Many responses indicated differences in how Indian-origin and American managers lead teams in Western workplaces.
"I had a change of manager from a US guy to an Indian guy, and God, I tell you that guy started to micromanage everything as the project was not running successfully", a user commented.
