[HN Gopher] Indians are taking over corporate America-and tech l...
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       Indians are taking over corporate America-and tech layoffs won't
       stop them
        
       Author : jesuscript
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2023-01-11 21:57 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (fortune.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (fortune.com)
        
       | strikelaserclaw wrote:
       | I personally think Indians are very good at institutional
       | politics in the western world compared to other groups, hence why
       | they rise to prominent positions in established organizations.
        
         | jesuscript wrote:
         | Can you explain what makes them good at it?
         | 
         | I'm guessing be a grade A yes-man has a lot to do with it.
        
       | Originami wrote:
       | High in-group preference and no feelings of camaraderie with
       | 'legacy' workers.
       | 
       | Looking at levels of corruption in India, this 'takeover' is not
       | a good thing for America.
        
         | strikelaserclaw wrote:
         | Once an Indian becomes a manager, you can guarantee his/her
         | whole team will slowly become Indian.
        
           | UncleOxidant wrote:
           | I've seen this at a large semiconductor company I used to
           | work in. But to be fair, it was the same for many Chinese
           | managers as well.
           | 
           | The weird thing is that nobody from HR seemed to find it
           | strange, like maybe telling managers that they should not
           | prefer hiring from their own ethnic group - nobody seemed to
           | care.
        
             | 0xcafefood wrote:
             | I saw this behavior at a bank I used to work for. There was
             | a Chinese team, an Indian team, a Korean team, a Russian
             | team, etc.
             | 
             | Many western European ethnic groups are largely unwilling
             | to act like this, i.e. to act on strong in-group preference
             | when hiring. So the most interesting aspect of the status
             | quo is about second-order effects. Will it be stopped
             | somehow? Will it lead other groups to start behaving
             | similarly? Will it lead to an Ottoman-style millet system
             | but adapted to corporate culture and needs in the 21st
             | century west?
        
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