Their willingness to work 12 hrs with zero work life balance skews their perception of hard working domestic workers who can’t carry the same work load. I don’t have my parents living with me to take care of my kids while I only work. I feel like I’m being pushed into a corner by the pressure to keep up with their unrealistic expectations. They stressed me out enough that I had to take medical leave. Unfortunately I’ve seen more and more of my friends / coworkers be under similar pressure and almost forced to leave their respective companies. What’s common place in India is not in the US.But with Indian leadership now taking over, it’s an unspoken expectation. They are running good people out for reasons stated in your article.
This is the survey on Indian IT discrimination. This mini-site is broken down into just a few tabs.