'Our entire team changed.' Indian techie narrates how they are being replaced with Vietnam developers

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'Our entire team changed.' Indian techie narrates how they are being replaced with Vietnam developers​

Is the dream run over for Indian IT? Two months ago, a global tech client replaced an Indian senior executive with a Vietnamese one. Following this move, things started to change, and more Indian developers, along with US-based developers, found themselves out of jobs.

Updated on Jul 30, 2024, 11:32 IST

Ever since the IT boom in the 1990s, India has seen massive growth in theInformation Technology sector, which also gave rise to some of India's topskilled employment providers. Riding on the wave of outsourcing by top US techcompanies, the Indian tech industry - led by Infosys, Wipro and Tata ConsultancyServices among others - grew by leaps and bounds in the past few decades.

What worked for India

Indian tech companies were able to provide highly skilled, English-speakingengineers to US companies at a fraction of the cost they would incur hiring someonelocally, making it a win-win for both sides. Tech graduates from the country'spremier institutes including Indian Institute of Technology (IITs), Birla Institute ofTechnology and Sciences,Pilani, Manipal Institute of Technology became brandambassadors of the country's tech think-tank as they aced top jobs in techcorporations globally.

Tech is one of the largest employment generators in India and employs around 5.4million people.

Three of the top Indian IT companies, TCS, Infosys and Wipro combined employeearound 1.2 million people.

How tables are turning

Now the tables are turning, and other countries in Southeast Asia are offering thesame services at even cheaper prices, undercutting India.

This has resulted in many American companies shifting at least part of theiroutsourcing to countries like the Philippines and Vietnam, affecting many jobs inIndia.

'We are being replaced'

An Indian techie recently posted on Reddit about how his team has been replacedby Vietnamese developers. Taking to the social networking forum, the techie whogoes by the handle, "tht_rajasthani_guy" lamented that after having worked for aclient for a year-and-a-half, he and his team were now being shown the door.

"Oh man! Our entire team has been replaced by Vietnamese developers," theRedditor, who goes by the name @tht_rajasthani_guy, wrote.

"We have been working for this client for almost 1.5 years, and everything wasgoing well. Two months ago, they replaced the Director of Engineering from Indiawith a Vietnamese Director of Engineering, and things started to change, replacingeach Indian developer and even the US-based developers on the client side. Ourentire development team has been replaced," he further wrote in his post which hasreceived more than 2.7k upvoted and over 500 comments.

According to him, compared to Indians, the Vietnamese developers cost much less.Also, the latter, he wrote, are willing to work almost 12 hours a day. He, however,pointed out that the Vietnamese developers faced a challenge when it came toarticulating in English. In Vietnam, the main language spoken is Vietnamese, alsoknown as tiếng Việt (tyang vyet).

'We are not the cheapest anymore

'"So we are not the cheapest anymore," said one person, in reaction to theRedditor's post.

"We replaced the American mid-skilled IT, now we're getting replaced. Life's acycle," another wrote.

For long, Indian software professionals have been said to fulfil the criteria desired bytech companies: tech prowess, knowledge of English, adaptable (to new cultures)and made for economically viable workforce due to their not-so-high pay grades.

Yet another respondent was optimistic and said, "Unless the work being delivered is upto the mark, sooner or later the contract/work will shift back to onshore devs, then itwill be offshored again citing cost-cutting issues."

Not just IT!

Another person, not very happy with the way the world economy was shaping up,said that this issue was all-pervasive, and went beyond the IT sector. "My brotherwho works in marine engineering says a lot of people are coming from Vietnam nowbecause they work for cheap. It is only a matter of time before we all get replaced,"he wrote.

 

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'Our entire team changed.' Indian techie narrates how they are being replaced with Vietnam developers​

Is the dream run over for Indian IT? Two months ago, a global tech client replaced an Indian senior executive with a Vietnamese one. Following this move, things started to change, and more Indian developers, along with US-based developers, found themselves out of jobs.

Updated on Jul 30, 2024, 11:32 IST

Ever since the IT boom in the 1990s, India has seen massive growth in theInformation Technology sector, which also gave rise to some of India's topskilled employment providers. Riding on the wave of outsourcing by top US techcompanies, the Indian tech industry - led by Infosys, Wipro and Tata ConsultancyServices among others - grew by leaps and bounds in the past few decades.

What worked for India

Indian tech companies were able to provide highly skilled, English-speakingengineers to US companies at a fraction of the cost they would incur hiring someonelocally, making it a win-win for both sides. Tech graduates from the country'spremier institutes including Indian Institute of Technology (IITs), Birla Institute ofTechnology and Sciences,Pilani, Manipal Institute of Technology became brandambassadors of the country's tech think-tank as they aced top jobs in techcorporations globally.

Tech is one of the largest employment generators in India and employs around 5.4million people.

Three of the top Indian IT companies, TCS, Infosys and Wipro combined employeearound 1.2 million people.

How tables are turning

Now the tables are turning, and other countries in Southeast Asia are offering thesame services at even cheaper prices, undercutting India.

This has resulted in many American companies shifting at least part of theiroutsourcing to countries like the Philippines and Vietnam, affecting many jobs inIndia.

'We are being replaced'

An Indian techie recently posted on Reddit about how his team has been replacedby Vietnamese developers. Taking to the social networking forum, the techie whogoes by the handle, "tht_rajasthani_guy" lamented that after having worked for aclient for a year-and-a-half, he and his team were now being shown the door.

"Oh man! Our entire team has been replaced by Vietnamese developers," theRedditor, who goes by the name @tht_rajasthani_guy, wrote.

"We have been working for this client for almost 1.5 years, and everything wasgoing well. Two months ago, they replaced the Director of Engineering from Indiawith a Vietnamese Director of Engineering, and things started to change, replacingeach Indian developer and even the US-based developers on the client side. Ourentire development team has been replaced," he further wrote in his post which hasreceived more than 2.7k upvoted and over 500 comments.

According to him, compared to Indians, the Vietnamese developers cost much less.Also, the latter, he wrote, are willing to work almost 12 hours a day. He, however,pointed out that the Vietnamese developers faced a challenge when it came toarticulating in English. In Vietnam, the main language spoken is Vietnamese, alsoknown as tiếng Việt (tyang vyet).

'We are not the cheapest anymore

'"So we are not the cheapest anymore," said one person, in reaction to theRedditor's post.

"We replaced the American mid-skilled IT, now we're getting replaced. Life's acycle," another wrote.

For long, Indian software professionals have been said to fulfil the criteria desired bytech companies: tech prowess, knowledge of English, adaptable (to new cultures)and made for economically viable workforce due to their not-so-high pay grades.

Yet another respondent was optimistic and said, "Unless the work being delivered is upto the mark, sooner or later the contract/work will shift back to onshore devs, then itwill be offshored again citing cost-cutting issues."

Not just IT!

Another person, not very happy with the way the world economy was shaping up,said that this issue was all-pervasive, and went beyond the IT sector. "My brotherwho works in marine engineering says a lot of people are coming from Vietnam nowbecause they work for cheap. It is only a matter of time before we all get replaced,"he wrote.

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