I have a friend who works for a global Indian IT company, and I can tell you that being Indian is a major career enhancement. They hire Indians and promote Indians over Americans. She is a blonde haired, blue eyed white woman, very good at her job, and she has been passed over many times for promotion in favor of an Indian, male or female, that was a recent hire. More than a few of which she trained. They recently had an online video meeting where everyone on the team was recognized but her. Her boss apologized after the meeting for leaving her out, but the message to everyone was clear. Megan, even when her face is on the screen, is invisible.
It is so apparent and such a problem in the company, that the president of the company’s North American division has been working with her to help her move up to a better position. He admits they have an Indian cultural problem that he’s been tasked with dealing with by his bosses.
“I have a friend who works for a global Indian IT company, and I can tell you that being Indian is a major career enhancement.”
Birds of a feather...
Oddly, though, that saying seems to apply to every “bird” except us “white birds”.