When a company has an overwhelming concentration of resources in India and leadership heavily influenced by that region, it can create an imbalance in work culture expectations—especially when American employees are expected to work with the intensity and hours typical in some Indian teams, often sacrificing work-life balance. This disparity can lead to frustration, burnout, and feelings of cultural misalignment. While it’s important for global companies to respect and integrate diverse working styles, they should also ensure fairness and consistency in expectations across regions. Put Americans first! From Top to Bottom.
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@325 place is a sh-thole
GO to India.
Take a week and VISIT the damn country.
OPEN your eyes.
The world is a big place. There’s room for EVERYONE.
STOP being AFRAID.
I’m not Indian. But I’m human.
@OP so you are saying Indians and other foreign workers in their locations work harder and smarter and are better employees overall. Agreed. That’s why businesses have offshored.
Now how about paying everyone in the world what they are actually worth - the same as those paid in USD.
Cannot lord it over the world all day. At some times pigeons come home to roost.
@1px A true global power attracts talent and immigration. India doesn’t
Ha Ha……
This is almost the worst place and environment, which built up by those “smart” That’s why Elon wants to (have to) go to Mars, as they are flooding into Western countries……The lucky thing, USA has not been fully damaged by those snakes yet
The firm gives them way too much credit. Without cheap labor and a willingness to work for peanuts, India wouldn’t even be in the conversation. The U.S. already sources better-quality goods and services from other countries.
Think about it. If it’s really so great over there, why are so many people trying to leave? And why aren't South or Southeast Asian countries a magnet for migration? A true global power attracts talent and immigration. India doesn’t.
And we can't overlook the uncomfortable fact that India’s got a serious surplus of lonely, desperate men. That skewed gender ratio isn’t just a stat — it’s a red flag. When you have millions of men who can’t find female partners, that doesn’t exactly scream “stable society.” It screams dysfunction.
@16r Agreed! Looks like an offshore team hopped on and down voted everything. How unruly — just like their work ethic.
Whoa, this thread just got hit with a massive insect infestation. I'm wondering if it came from the west or the SOUTHEAST.
@p5+1k1yv41hn
You completely missed the point here, yes its nepotism, favoritism, unfairness, unqualified etc...but ultimately its the truth. If everyone hires, and promote based on skill and not other unchangeable characteristics then we'd all be better for it, but in REALITY you have one group who bring in other groups purely based on what they have learned in school and their whole life, equality, and then the other groups promote each other instead, what is that if not natural selection? Who is at fault here? The ones who takes care of their own or the ones purposely bringing on others due "equality".
You all reap what you sow. Enjoy!
"an imbalance in work culture expectations"
"American employees are expected to work with the intensity and hours typical in some Indian teams"
in other words - opportunies for Indian supervisors to drop some of their expectations.
Eight and skate, the rest can wait.
At the start of this year, our team the headcount between US team and Indian team is 7:7, which is half half. After half year ,now it becomes almost 7:20, maybe the goal is still half half, just not the headcount, but the budget. US team work hard to grow business, but Indian team is growing more fast. Well, US has to be going down, no other choice…..,,
@p1 Ah yes, “natural selection” — because nothing screams evolution like promoting unqualified yes-men through a closed-door caste system, while the real talent gets shoved aside and forced to pick up the pieces.
Let’s be real: this isn’t some clever cosmic joke or poetic justice. It’s pure nepotism dressed up in fancy corporate buzzwords and defended by a culture of silence and complicity. I’ve seen VPs and so-called senior engineers, propped up by these insider networks, push out brittle, spaghetti messes of code, proudly accumulating technical debt like it’s a trophy — all to meet arbitrary deadlines. Real “leadership,” huh?
Meanwhile, the actual doers — the ones who know how to build solid, maintainable systems — get ignored, passed over, or worse, made to train the very people wrecking the codebase and climbing the ladder on their backs.
I wonder what happens when one group push for equality and fairness and start promoting diversity and other groups, then when other groups come in they all promote their own. That first group must feel great now, natural selection :)
Tariff H1B contractors - make the companies hiring PAY tariffs
@gh And you're still there...taking it, like a firl?
@da You hit the nail on the head. And a 3rd world country will have credit and pertinent information on people to use as they wish. I feel for people who are not close to retirement.
My entire team is Indian and they promote each other. I been an Associate III for over 13 years while they get IC and promotions. They are sneaky and make me do the work.
What happens to a nation when millions of its people are no longer needed?
The great displacement has already begun. Entire departments erased. Whole industries gutted. Core responsibilities once held by working Americans — automated, outsourced, or handed to cheaper labor markets half a world away. Quietly. Systematically. Irreversibly.
But here’s the problem: not everyone can be an entrepreneur. Not everyone can pivot to AI or LLM jobs. Not everyone can build a startup. There simply aren’t enough “new economy” roles to absorb the fallout. Most people don’t have the capital, the safety net, or the connections to reinvent themselves on demand.
Mass displacement doesn’t just breed desperation. It breeds resentment, division, and hate.
When people lose their ability to provide, to belong, to dream of a future — they start looking for someone to blame. And that blame doesn’t always reach the boardrooms. It often falls on those who are visible. Those who replaced them, and those who benefited from their loss. Whether they deserve it or not.
Think society is fragile now? Wait until there’s a generation with no jobs, no future, and nothing left to lose.
It is worrisome that Manila is getting more and more of the UW (Under Writing) responsibilities. It does appear that some day, in the not so distant future, they will be doing the entire UW'ing process including the Collateral side and making the Lending approval... If things follow in line with the last several years they will be doing the complete UW process (sooner than later) and no need for US workers.
@c9 OMG, No!! How horrible!
May need the CEO know the current situation, maybe he is not aware how bad it is now.
Jpmc are dealing America household, which all data are exposed outside of US. It is even dangerous to US as country now.
@OP don’t forget about Manila. They are about to own underwriting loans from start to finish.
Especially considering that JPMC is headquartered in the U.S., regulated by U.S. authorities, and promotes itself as a distinctly American symbol of financial stability. One that was protected and ultimately bailed out by American taxpayers during the 2008 crisis.
Americans should undoubtedly come first. However, we know that capitalism and corporate greed often erode that principle, with strategies focused on cutting headcount and enriching those at the top becoming the norm.