The H1B Thread

[SiverFox]

I'm in IT on a kush long term remote project. Our laid back white male manager is retiring next month and is being replaced by an H1B Indian woman. Anyone have experience working for an Indian woman? I'm in IT for 31 years but have never had an Indian woman manager.

I'm thinking she will want to micromanage every minute of my day. He retires on the 11th then she is going to India for two weeks on the 14th. Go figure.

 

[It_Is_My_Time]

I'm in IT on a kush long term remote project. Our laid back white male manager is retiring next month and is being replaced by an H1B Indian woman. Anyone have experience working for an Indian woman? I'm in IT for 31 years but have never had an Indian woman manager.

I'm thinking she will want to micromanage every minute of my day. He retires on the 11th then she is going to India for two weeks on the 14th. Go figure.

Probably become a nightmare. She will likely overcompensate and make everything more difficult and time consuming. I hope I am wrong for your sake, but I would be working on your resume if you need to continue working and be ready to leave.

 

[FrancisK]

I'm in IT on a kush long term remote project. Our laid back white male manager is retiring next month and is being replaced by an H1B Indian woman. Anyone have experience working for an Indian woman? I'm in IT for 31 years but have never had an Indian woman manager.

I'm thinking she will want to micromanage every minute of my day. He retires on the 11th then she is going to India for two weeks on the 14th. Go figure.

Depends on what kind of woman she is, better than an Indian man I'll tell you that much....I know that may be surprising to hear. She may be one of those Indian women that hates her own kind because she was treated like an animal her entire life by the males in her culture so she reveres and prefers anyone who isn't Indian, I've encountered a lot of those in professional dealings. If it was a guy you're 100% screwed, every Indian guy is just compensating for being Indian and will take it out on you. Worse than that he wouldn't do it directly he would do it backhandedly like a sneak coward, your best buddy to your face but secretly resents you because you're not at the social disadvantage of being indian.

 

[SiverFox]

Depends on what kind of woman she is, better than an Indian man I'll tell you that much....I know that may be surprising to hear. She may be one of those Indian women that hates her own kind because she was treated like an animal her entire life by the males in her culture so she reveres and prefers anyone who isn't Indian, I've encountered a lot of those in professional dealings. If it was a guy you're 100% screwed, every Indian guy is just compensating for being Indian and will take it out on you. Worse than that he wouldn't do it directly he would do it backhandedly like a sneak coward, your best buddy to your face but secretly resents you because you're not at the social disadvantage of being indian.

I can agree with that. Working for Indian men is the worst for exactly the reasons you laid out here. She is taking over multiple projects so I'm hoping will be so overwhelmed that she won't be paying too much attention to this one.