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TL;DR: I don't like working with 'most' Indian people. And some stories supporting that written below:

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A client calls me directly to get features/fixes done on their site. No middle management shit at the company I was working at, at the time.

So I quit the company, but the client has my phone number. So he starts texting me to get more work done. I tell him "I work for money, if you can pay me that, I'll do all the work you ask of me".

They praise my blunt-ness and say they will discuss it. And I never heard from them ever again!

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Client reaches out to me and gets me to work for them for 2 hours/day and pays me INR 8,000 (about 95 USD) a month. I say fine, I'll do the work.

I do the tasks as they say for 3 months then I ask for a raise to INR 10,000.

They start pointing out mistakes in my work, and they say they're not seeing the "dedication" in me. Only when I asked for the raise. Not before that, mind you.

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Vice President of the company tells me that he saw me in his dream the night before.

I've told this one before so I just threw that in.

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At the end, I do like some Indians that I work with. It's just that most of them try to massively underpay you, or want to get the most work out of you as fast as possible and sometimes both.

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  • 4
    Sounds like universal corporate evil to me
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    @MammaNeedHummus

    More like Indian corporate evil.

    Trust me, I absolutely love working for UK and Canada clients. I've had two clients from UK at this point and both are phenomenal people.
  • 1
    95$ a month? Maybe you should work for me. No matter what you do I can sell it for more xD
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    @KDSBest This was in 2018 when I only had one year of experience. And the deal was 2 hours/day.

    At my current rate and experience, you won't be able to hire me. Trust me.
  • 0
    @SidTheITGuy hmmm... 8h/day would be 400$. Even if you 10x that I could hire you ;), but then I most like would hire someone local
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    @KDSBest 400$ X 30 X 12 = $144K salary annually.

    10x that would 1.4 million annually.

    Damn, that's a lot of money even by USA standards. I mean I could believe you given I have no reliable way to fact-check it.

    But don't worry, I don't work for people like you who use money to scale and judge anyone.
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    @SidTheITGuy you said 100$ per month 2h/day, which is 400$ per month 8h/day meaning 10x 4k$ oer month 48k $ per year.
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