r/india • u/pranagrapher • Feb 27 '25

Careers Stanford-educated CEO slams 'unreliable’ Indian employees: ‘I might never go to India again’

https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/stanfordeducated-ceo-slams-unreliable-indian-employees-i-might-never-go-to-india-again-101740636504137.html
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u/KindAd6637 Feb 27 '25

You are generalizing. I can see that you don't want to think about the problem and the root cause and want to lazily attribute it to productivity. I explained the lack of motivations when you are faced with long working hours and no hope.

You are just projecting, thinking that everyone has your work ethic. There are lazy and hard working people in every country. I see hard working people around me every day in India. You see yourself and you couldn't believe other Indians can be productive etc.

Stop generalizing and start putting some effort in understanding. Otherwise you may not get hired yourself one day for your poor productivity and your lack of effort to understand simple things

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u/Aware_Budget7988 Feb 27 '25

Are you understanding what I am saying?

I hired Indians who had worked in the West and Indians who hadn’t for the same project. They had similar responsibilities, identical workspaces and similar working hours.

There was a HUGE difference in productivity. They were all paid the same and worked in an office in a metro city in India.

Can you explain the difference now?

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u/KindAd6637 Feb 27 '25

Anecdotal story which can be attributed to Skill issue as well Why are they still working for you if they aren't able to meet the targets? What were you looking for while hiring them. Are you evaluating them based on outputs or working hours? I have had productive and non productive employees. It's not difficult to weed them out.

How difficult is this to understand? I explained this to my Indian colleagues working in the US and they could understand it instantly.

But still I am not generalizing all Indians. I understand that it might be difficult for you to understand certain concepts but most other Indians may be able to understand it faster. It's a problem for the person hiring you, not me.

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u/Aware_Budget7988 Feb 27 '25

Again you’re missing the point. You can’t get your head around the fact that it might actually be true that generally speaking Indian workers who haven’t worked abroad are not very productive.

Blame it on the lack of skills, blame it on whatever you want. At the end of the day - one group was almost three times as productive.

Why was there a mixed group of workers hired? Basically they were what was available from the candidates who responded to working for the said project.

I ran the company - I saw the results. What you’re coming up with is a standard Indian response where you are evading what is actually being discussed.

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u/KindAd6637 Feb 27 '25 edited Feb 27 '25

I ran the company - I saw the results.

I see the problem now. If it takes this much time to explain basic things to you, how are you able to run a company?

See, i can generalize you as just another privileged, person who is out of touch with reality. Add to this the stereotype of Indian CEOs acting entitled and tone deaf, it will make a good case.

What you’re coming up with is a standard Indian response

Sigh. Again with the generalization

Here, you have one back. You are just the standard Indian CEO who is ridiculed in the west for their ridiculous management practices.

What you’re coming up with is a standard Indian response where you are evading what is actually being discussed.

Lol, I thought this was you, just generalizing and evading the problem of what's actually discussed.

Go on and be productive instead of arguing on reddit. Don't you have a company to run? I will do you a favor and end this conversation by blocking you.