#india

T-Mobile has established its GCC in India, and AT&T has also expanded its offices across multiple locations. Meanwhile, Dan (the customers man )appears to have taken a very different approach, with several leadership positions being eliminated and ongoing workforce reductions across various organizations in India. It increasingly feels like Dan may be considering a significant reduction of employees and its office presence in India. Hope the hiring in US will be in peaks 🤞

Cheap labor, offshore jobs, no bonuses — the whole corporate starter pack. The logic seems to be: ‘Hey, a dollar feeds someone for a day over there, so why pay more?’ Absolutely genius… if the goal is a race to the bottom. Don't forget security breaches in motherland.

I think it’s 5500 people so far

Assuming India tomorrow will take the count to at least 8000

Backend mainframe area. the area that ED was holding off for years. Few H1Bs under him. Says yes to all and work like they are still in British india. Hides all the truth and makes him happy. Comes out of the call the dash out to offshore and their directs. All this because they are visa slaves.

Now the new guy came in and its shaking the whole caucus. ED is loosing the grip . JO and his nepotism hires are not safe. PMO group stacked with all high grades and does barely minimum. Oh the guy became VP in no time just because of nepotism and can barely understand what he speaks out.

What, precisely, is their function? They seems to have ample time to dissect the most trivial of PowerPoints and visitor agendas. Beyond convening superfluous meetings and squandering the time of others, do they contribute anything of genuine value? Do they even know what real work means.

According to some inside guess, the scale of this round of layoffs may be much smaller than originally expected. It appears that only certain departments are accelerating outsourcing to India, with just a single-digit number of U.S.-based employees being laid off, rather than the large-scale workforce reductions that had initially been anticipated.

Someone previously posted an email from our beloved CEO about impending layoffs and most requisitions going to India. I was laid off a couple weeks ago. Was that email or any other corporate comms ever sent?

I think it’s time we tell the truth.

When I joined the workforce in 2002, many of my engineering leads and managers were working from the US, while I was working from Bangalore.

One thing I noticed very early was the difference in work culture.

Indians are, by nature, extremely work-oriented. We don’t like leaving things unfinished. I remember hearing complaints from Indian colleagues about our US counterparts: “These people are privileged. They shut their computers at exactly 4:30 PM.”

Even during a major P1 production issue, you could sometimes see the US team log off when their working hours were over. Meanwhile, the people still in the office were predominantly Indians—working until 10 or 11 PM, handing things over to the offshore team, and then finally going home to their families.

It was a complaint. But, in a strange way, it was also an appreciation of our own work ethic.

Yes, many people in the US have historically enjoyed a level of work-life balance that many Indians did not. They could shut their laptops at 4:30 PM and walk away. We often felt that we couldn't.

But our mentality was different:

“We are getting paid. We have a responsibility. We need to solve the problem. We don't want the company to get a bad name.”

And then we went home.

Our families mattered enormously to us. But we also believed that our ability to provide for our families came from having a job in the first place. We were grateful for that opportunity, and we took that responsibility seriously.

That mentality helped many of us build careers across companies and industries.

We weren't slaves to anyone. We were people who understood the value of an opportunity—and were willing to work extraordinarily hard to make the most of it.

And here is where I think the H-1B debate gets uncomfortable.

For years, everyone benefited from this system.

You valued your freedom.
You valued your work-life balance.
You valued your paycheck.
And we valued our families too.

But for many of us, loving our families meant something different.

We were willing to live thousands of miles away from them, work long hours, sacrifice weekends, and endure years of uncertainty because the ultimate goal was simple:

Make sure our families are taken care of.

That's the difference.

So before blaming Indians or H-1B workers for being willing to work hard, perhaps we should acknowledge the other side of the story.

People didn't come here because they wanted to take something away from someone else.

Many came because they were willing to make sacrifices that others simply weren't willing to make.

And that work ethic didn't suddenly become a problem when the people doing it happened to be Indian.

This is not the Bank of America. This should be renamed as the Bank of India. Oops, the name is already taken.
H1B fraud, H4 EAD hiring, OPT, EAD, Greencard friends and family, BUT NO Americans.
Every manager and HR should be investigated. They take kickbacks in different forms.
The offices in Texas, New York are filled with a bunch of fraudsters, TCS and Wipro employees.
This is not acceptable.
Report to the government. Stop the fraudsters.

Let’s start the conversation!

Upcoming topics??

1. RTO 5 days a week
2. ALL JOBS TO INDIA / PHILIPPINES. Good luck to you.
3. 4.

India memebers have literally spoiled the work culture. Some managers are so rude.

why are all of the jobs being moved to India and Costa Rica? Is the plan to have most of Cencora out of the US?

For the amount of roles moved to Mexico and India why do they not have the same RTO policy? Or do they? Can someone share please….

How much do the Indian expats in Houston and Midland donate to UW?

What’s the scoop? Moving things to India, what else is new? 007

Folks I’m hearing a lot on the grapevine around 14th of September. From what I understand the higher ups have codenamed it “apocalypse day”

Apparently India and the states will be hit most. CloudIQ is meant to be getting another round to as they have underperformed.

Folks this one took me by surprise so please make it a priority to hold your loved ones extra close, I know I will be holding

What is the timeline for moving all GP execution roles to India? I heard there was a report recently to move in this direction.

New ceo said he wants to save 500M in labor cost, 6,000 jobs expected to move to new india office in next 12 months.

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/paypal-cuts-around-600-jobs-102023231.html

New company purchased as I see more layoff posts on LinkedIn and numerous posts from India about just getting hired (as well as interns accepting roles).

New company is Ai related so at least they know stuff.

As Optum continues to shift US positions to other countries, at what point is India considered the new onshore and the US considered offshore?

Full report here => https://ips-dc.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/executive_excess_2026_report.pdf

Highlights:

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna hauled in the largest compensation package in the Low-Wage 100, with $38.0 million – 765 times as much as the company’s $49,630 median pay.

Dishonorable Mentions for 2025 Category “Low-Wage 100” company

Widest pay ratio Lumentum CEO Michael Hurlston CEO pay $27.7 million Median pay $9,595

Pay ratio Lowest median wage Western Digital $9,595 Irving Tan $11.5 million Median pay $8,740

Highest CEO pay IBM CEO Arvind Krishna $38.0 million Median pay $49.630

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna hauled in the largest compensation package in the Low-Wage 100, with $38.0 million – 765 times as much as the company’s $49,630 median pay. Forty years ago, few would have imagined that this technology pioneer, renowned for providing well-paying, secure U.S. jobs, would one day rank among the Low-Wage 100. Today, IBM employs more people in India than in the United States.

Great read. Absolutely disgusting what IBM has done since King Gerstner came in 4-1-93.

https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/oracle-cutting-3-000-india-122511543.html

There are a few PIPs in Bangalore (India).

https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/PIP_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_Even_in_India.shtml

It’s past 6AM in India. Any layoff in India yet?

Why is this site now full of questions on india? I don't care about them, the computational team, how they will support their kids schooling et. Can we focus on the west as this is what this site is about. If those lot want to discuss india, then create a Shell bangalore section and talk away.

Looks like mails started coming for india. I see a fresh comment on slack with the mention of impacted by layoff. All the best everyone.

Sept 24th
Last Reporting day: Sept 30th
IBM CTS and Deloitte
18 months contract
God Speed.

It appears that the UK hub is being replaced by India and it being made a main technical hub. I guess we did train our own replacements.

They did layoffs this week. Lots in India. So far I have heard of a few in GHQ

I work with GCC tech in India. Bunch of rookies. Can’t get out of their way and work at snails pace. So WHY am I hearing about Sept tech layoffs in US?

This Fall, TIAA & many U.S. employers and workers are being squeezed by the steepest run-up in health insurance costs in years, with average family premiums nearing $26,993 in 2026 and pressure building for even sharper increases in 2027. Nearly 300 insurers offering offering health coverage to medium to larger businesses reported a median proposed premium increase of 14% for 2027, according to an analysis of preliminary rate filings from all 50 states and DC. according to a recent KFF survey. TIAA will be forced to ship more jobs offshore to India, The Philippines & Nepal.

TIAA, along with many larger U.S. based employers and workers are being squeezed by the steepest run-up in health insurance costs in years, with average family premiums nearing $26,993 in 2026 and pressure building for even sharper increases in 2027. Nearly 300 insurers offering offering health coverage to medium to larger businesses reported a median proposed premium increase of 14% for 2027, according to an analysis of preliminary rate filings from all 50 states and DC. according to a recent KFF survey. TIAA has no choice to cut more, higher younger workers, and offshore more jobs to India, Philippines, & Nepal.

Seeing chatter that people across the globe in India and apac are getting business update invitations - any truth to this?

I’m coming from a different industry and recently received an offer from Chevron for a design engineering position. I’m hesitant to accept the offer, even though the compensation is slightly better than my current company.
My biggest concern is Chevron’s use of engineering outsourcing, particularly to India. I’m worried that, over time, my position could be outsourced or eliminated and the work could be transferred to India.Should I accept the offer despite this concern, or would it be better to reject it because of the potential long-term risk to job security? What factors should I consider when evaluating the stability and future prospects of this position?

As long as you're not on the Gainwell account and not within the contentiental U.S. You have it made compared to the other.

Working on the Gainwell account is as if you're never left Gainwell. As you still have to put up with all the B*S, gas lighting, etc. Now you have the benefit of experiencing from both Gainwell and the NTT leadership directly over you.

Good luck trying to find another position within the company, unless you're off-shore. Most of the available positions for what I do or want to do are based over in India/Asia.
Basically, the hype about you building a career and being who you want to be at NTT, is just that hype, as it baised towards the cheaper labor overseas.

Training that isn't skillsoft. I payed out of pocket myself. It was the only way to get decent training opportunites.

The only upside is I work remote. Which eliminates me having to pay for home visit healthcare that I otherwise would have to pay for , if I had to go into an office. (The wife is disabled and wheelchair bound)

As you can tell, I don't have a high opinion of NTT and my immediate managers. Everyday is like being thrown into a pool with your hands and feet tied to a concrete block, as you try to wade water and catch your breath whenever possible. And they just keep dumping water over your head.

The scale of U.S. Bank's India expansion may be much larger than most people here realize; this is more than just a traditional offshore call-center operation/IT Help.

In March 2026, Economic Times reported U.S. Bancorp was in talks for 650,000+ sq. ft. in Chennai. By May, BusinessLine reported Cognizant had pre-leased approximately 650,000 sq. ft. at Embassy Splendid TechZone for the U.S. Bancorp GCC, with the building expected to be delivered in June 2026.

Economic Times also reported U.S. Bancorp was evaluating another ~400,000 sq. ft. across Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

That's more than 1 MILLION square feet of office space in India.

Depending on office density and hybrid/shared seating, that kind of footprint could potentially support roughly 10,000+ employees. That's especially interesting given the recent post here claiming approximately 10,000 contractors are associated with U.S. Bank India and may eventually become U.S. Bank employees.

This isn't just U.S. Bank leasing an office in India and hiring people independently.

Indian business reporting has described a 'Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT)' model involving Cognizant for the Chennai GCC.

In simple terms, the model works something like this:

U.S. Bancorp → Cognizant → India GCC → eventually U.S. Bancorp India (yes it looks a bit like money laundering ironically)

Cognizant helps establish and initially operate the center — including infrastructure, staffing and operations — for U.S. Bancorp. Once the operation reaches the agreed stage, the capability/workforce can ultimately be transferred into a U.S. Bancorp-owned operation.

That relationship helps explain why Cognizant reportedly pre-leased the 650,000 sq. ft. Chennai facility for the U.S. Bancorp GCC, rather than the lease necessarily appearing directly under U.S. Bancorp's name.

Earlier Business Standard reporting said TCS, Wipro, Cognizant and ANSR had been involved in bidding to help U.S. Bancorp establish its Indian GCCs. The reported plan was for 3,000–5,000 U.S. Bancorp employees within five years, with Hyderabad becoming a wholly owned U.S. Bancorp center and Chennai initially operating through the BOT model.

So when people see “Cognizant” attached to the Chennai facility, that doesn't necessarily mean this is simply Cognizant outsourcing work for U.S. Bank indefinitely. The reported strategy is to build capability that can ultimately become part of U.S. Bancorp's own India organization.

This appears to be much more than a call center

That's probably the most important part of the story.

A Global Capability Center (GCC) is very different from the traditional offshore model where a bank simply sends customer-service calls or basic processing to a low-cost vendor. This is replacing the American Worker. The ones who built this bank.

Modern Indian GCCs can essentially function as extensions of a company's corporate organization, employing professionals in technology, software engineering, data/analytics, operations, risk, compliance, finance, product support and other specialized corporate functions. All before you know what is happening, and then when people finally understand, its too late.

The reporting around U.S. Bancorp specifically references technology, operations and analytics, while U.S. Bank's own India materials describe U.S. Bancorp India as supporting “core business functions” and “business-critical work.”

There are also U.S. Bank India job postings seeking experience building/scaling a GCC or shared-services operating model.

So the bigger question isn't whether another round of layoffs happens next week. It's what U.S. Bank's workforce is intended to look like 3-5 years from now.

Does anyone here actually have visibility into the India GCC strategy? If anyone has been involved in GCC planning, Cognizant/BOT discussions, hiring, transitions or moving work to India, what are you hearing?

I'm guess if you are, you're not going to risk that nice paycheck for outing yourself out on this forum since this is all close to the vest stuff and you'd be found out.