Caught off guard: Indian-American techie who lost his job says he was replaced by Indian workers from India

During his exit interview, he got the shock of his life. The company told him they wanted workers from India, who are Indian, because labour costs are cheaper there. The engineer pointed out that he was born in India and his family moved to the US for work. He even said he was willing to move to India if his employer wanted.

“They said, ‘No, no, no, you don’t get it. We are getting rid of you. We are moving the job to India, where it will be done cheaper,'” the man narrated.

Watch the viral video here:

Indian software engineer is laid of and replaced by… Indians. 😅 pic.twitter.com/RtlZhU35Fo

— AlphaFo𝕏 (@Alphafox78) June 9, 2024

The video, posted on X, has over a million views. In a moment of frustration, he said, “And in that moment, I turned into every one of your fathers. I was like damn Indians are taking our jobs.”

As the video reached other social media platforms, one user said, “It’s not that you’re Indian it’s that you are now 90% less expensive.” Meanwhile another user added, “Gotta work on the Indian accent brother.” And a third said, “Did he get too Americanized? Or, was it time to bring in a fresh batch of people they could pay less?.”