‘At least 3 less Hoosiers’: Seattle woman draws criticism for post about Meta layoffs affecting H-1B visa holders, their wives and children
A woman’s post about an Indian engineer losing his job in the recent Meta layoffs went viral, with many celebrating that there would be three fewer Indians in the U.S. and that the man might have to pack his bags with his wife and children from the United States. However, the post strongly implies, if not fiction, that the man is in Bangalore, India, as it states that the Meta layoff email arrived in his inbox at 11pm India time.“His wife is on an H-4 visa. His kid is in third grade in Seattle. He has eight months left on his Bellevue apartment lease. His H-1B clock just started ticking — 60 days to go. Meta’s stock rose on the news. Zucker said it’s become more efficient. This is what the AI transformation is actually looking like for 200,000 Indians overseas. AI will have the greatest impact on Indians abroad,” said a post written by X user Shveta.
30-year plan for 3-year visa: Strong social media reaction
While the purpose of the post was to highlight the devastating impact after Meta employees received layoff emails, social media users celebrated the loss of an Indian and wondered why he had such elaborate plans when he only had a work visa in the United States.“Weird that he bought an apartment on H1B knowing he could be kicked out of the US at any time. Frankly, H1B is a temporary visa but people now think it’s equivalent to a green card. Weird!” one wrote.One user called it a sad story H-1B visa Holders should believe that they are just one email away from disaster. “NRIs had the option to move to Canada and get PR and then settle, but they decided to stay in the US for better wages. They chose this risk because they were well aware of the downsides of that event,” the user wrote.Another wrote: “Luckily for them, foreign workers have a home country to return to, while Americans don’t. That’s it. Temporary visas are a deliberate gamble they take for their families.”“That’s at least three fewer Indians,” one person celebrated.
