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slt2021·

Please don't do this here.

As an Indian, I am starting to notice a pattern of terrible Indian managers from all the stories I hear from my friends.

I really hope that these stories make up a biased sample.

There are pretty terrible managers from all races tbh. You tend to have a lot more Indians in tech so it’s statistically more likely you’re gonna run into quite a few bad ones.

Or maybe because they are immigrants the stakes are higher for them? If they lose the job they may lose visa, so they higher tolerance for BS from management.

Or maybe grow up in a culture that value respect more, so you are biased against questioning the authority.

Or maybe this story is inaccurate/made up. He was put on PIP and requested a transfer at the same time.

Or maybe it's a peter principle at play.

Anyway, I don't think it's fair to post someone's linkedin like that.

There are bad managers from all regions and races. On blind they were asking if it was an Indian. It does not matter if it was Indian or not. It only matters that it is an "Amazon" manager.

I'm from China, I've had only good experiences with Indians. Most of the people I would deem as ass hole level on the scale of Ganesh were in fact white.

It would be idealistic to think that all races have an equal portion of ass holes though. I will say that a large portion of SDM's are Indian so your sample is indeed biased.

One reason might be that Indian managers are sometimes ass holes to Indian subordinates in particular, maybe because they are aware that Indians are stuck in perpetual H1B status so they can be abused.

Oof, less than two years being a manager, no wonder.

We doxing people now?

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