Posted on 11/06/2025 10:22:01 AM PST by libh8er
An Indian tech manager in the United States has expressed his frustration after feeling unfairly judged and resented for stereotypes associated with Indian professionals in the industry. In an anonymous post on the workplace discussion platform Blind titled “I’m an Indian manager and I feel hated for things I didn’t do,” the user shared that he came to the US on an H1B visa, worked his way up from level L5 to L7, and has always believed in fairness and merit.
The manager wrote that he has mentored colleagues from various backgrounds, hired based on talent, and never considered race, caste or nationality when making professional decisions. Yet, he now finds himself dealing with growing hostility toward Indians in tech spaces, both online and at work.
“Recently, I see so much anger toward Indians in tech. Online, people say we only hire our own, or that we bring the caste system here. It breaks me because I’ve spent my whole career trying to do the opposite,” he wrote.
The manager admitted to feeling isolated despite years in the US. “I moved to the US to belong but still feel like I live in India as my social circle is mostly Indians,” he said, adding that he wonders if he was “too naive” in believing that hard work and fairness would be enough. “I don’t know when being Indian in tech turned into something people resent,” he concluded.
Social media reactions
The post has sparked a discussion online. Reacting to the post, one user wrote, “I would never work for a H1B manager. They will never stand up for you and throw you under the bus to protect their job and status. You might be a good one but I can’t take that chance. Incentives are too perverse. I’ve never seen a H1B manager who wasn’t completely docile and a slavish.”
“I am a US citizen never on H1B but Indian origin.I am angry at what this flood of low skill uncivilized H1Bs have done to the industry and our reputation. 20 years ago, Indians were respected. Now, we are hated. Why? Because of H1B scammers flooding in who cannot behave themselves and make us all look bad. So no one feels sorry for H1Bs. I have worked very hard too, but H1Bs make it hard for US citizens, so no sympathy,” commented another.
“I think the WITCH companies have tarnished the image on Indians leave alone destroying green card opportunities for genuine Indian candidates who have done masters in the US,” wrote a third user.
“Ignore the racist comments you see online. It's sad to see the general state of racism against Indian people,” said another.
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3/4s of h1bs are frauds! Here at ncfast nc hundreds were brought in who couldn’t code but made the cut because the same person did phone interviews pretending to be said applicant. Sorry but they all sounded the same.
How many natural-born American, non-Indian, applicants has he hired?
The only Indians I see are the ones tailgating me and speeding past at great speed , they are horrible drivers , is he also a horrible driver ? LOL
The only Indians I see are the ones tailgating me and speeding past at great speed
With the “Student Driver” stickers on the car.
White men don't tend to get into or even pick up on social/office politics. Especially not white male code jockeys.
H1B also means taking an American’s job
We can thank the recent Indian killers behind the wheels of big rigs for the blow back.
Anyone who would project their anger at an Indian co-worker rather than at their employer is deficient in decency and good sense.
They are here only for their jobs and our free stuff.
if he was so damn assimilated, he wouldn’t call himself an “Indian managee”. I don’t believe him at all.
Please go back to your country and make your country better so people don’t have to leave.
Mr. Kapur is now the CEO of a major American aerospace company which has significant military contracts like providing engines for Predator UAVs, avionics for military aircraft, engines for M1 Abrams, etc.
He has publicly said he wants more "diversity"...meaning more of his countrymen. Lots of them work there now under nonsense claims of "no available Americans".
If you read there are reports and stats that some companies fire American born workers to hire H1B workers,who are typically Indians. Research it.Not fair to American workers
But I have found once a foreign born CEO takes the helm the "American" company tends to ignore Americans and American interests.
I really feel bad for this guy. He is 100% right. America is a racist, terrible place.
He should probably go back home to India.
<raises hand>
Odd are he can’t feel isolated because everyone around him is Indian. You walk the cafeterias in Silicon Valley and I dare you to find a white male.
Not my favorite peeps in general but he does have a point
That's why you feel isolated. Assimilate! You would expect the same from me if I moved to India.
To be fair that was probably the case a hundred years ago, or more, with Jewish immigrants to NYC.
Their grandchildren were the Baby Boom kids that I went through school with, growing up. They were great kids, and tried to make me feel welcome.
Now we're old, and we've all gone our separate ways. We were in band together, cooperated on shared interest without thinking about what nationality we were from. But culturally we were different, enough different that we didn't stay together over the long run.
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