Indian H-1B manager says tech bias is growing: ‘People say we bring caste’

An Indian professional working in the United States on an H-1B visa says he feels unfairly targeted and resented amid growing stereotypes about Indian workers in tech. The manager, who says he started at a mid-level role and progressed to a senior level, wrote on the anonymous platform Blind: “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 says that although he has mentored people of diverse backgrounds and focused on merit-based hiring, the stereotype persists and now affects how he is viewed at work. “I moved to the US to belong but still feel like I live in India as my social circle is mostly Indians,” he wrote.

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