Hi Folks

I have been a Canadian desi for a long time, spent last year in India and just landed back (with a job, of course)

Here are some of the observations:

-The money is really good in India. I was getting CAD 50k in India, but, still managed to save close of CAD 3000 in India. I got a few offers to continue in India with a salary range of CAD 70+. You can imagine the saving potential. In Canada, a single earning family generally struggle to save CAD 3000 on a monthly basis. Mind you, I was living in a tier2 city in India.

-Unfortunately, I realized that I am too canadianized to deal with the realities of India. I cannot deal with corruption, crap and things which are part of daily life in India. Canada might have softened me up a quite a bit.

-Same applies to children, who are borne in Canada. They found India to be too tough to deal with.

-I am a finance guy,not in IT.

-Others to follow.

T

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Originally posted by Timon

Hi Folks

I have been a Canadian desi for a long time, spent last year in India and just landed back (with a job, of course)

Here are some of the observations:

-The money is really good in India. I was getting CAD 50k in India, but, still managed to save close of CAD 3000 in India. I got a few offers to continue in India with a salary range of CAD 70+. You can imagine the saving potential. In Canada, a single earning family generally struggle to save CAD 3000 on a monthly basis. Mind you, I was living in a tier2 city in India.

-Unfortunately, I realized that I am too canadianized to deal with the realities of India. I cannot deal with corruption, crap and things which are part of daily life in India. Canada might have softened me up a quite a bit.

-Same applies to children, who are borne in Canada. They found India to be too tough to deal with.

-I am a finance guy,not in IT.

-Others to follow.

T

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Welcome back. Second Innings are always stable and calm.

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The cowards never started,
The weak died on the way,
Only the strong arrived.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yK1i9cLAMM

Glad to see you back in Canada.

Home is where the heart is. Even I long to leave India, as I am sick of Indian politics. Heat is very bad here and so it the pollution and the corruption. It will be nice if the temperature was 18 deg. cent.. Outside is hot like a desert at noon time. Food items are so expensive here. If I eat along in a restaurant I spend only about Rs. 100 a day. but going out with my friends, I spend around Rs. 500 a day on lunch and dinner and my salary canot take this extra amount. May be I will also try gulf.

Just 2 weeks back I received a warning letter from my company saying that I was playing politics in the company. This was due to me working very hard and catching and complaining about the people who are on facebook all the time (incidentally, FB is the most popular site in India. I am not seeing many people even on IPL website)

All the very best !

Peace

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I am a Gents and not a Ladies.

Hi TK/Others
The politics in an Indian office environment is too hard for me to deal with. I didnt really work in India before, which is probably why I am having this issue. The place is too expensive too. An interesting observation is about racism (There are quite a numbers of folks here at CD complaining about racism in Canada). I personally faced more racism in India, as a south indian working in east/north india.

I think I am too canadianized to work in India any more and my employer agrees to it.

I am now considering returning after my retirement. But, who knows???

T

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"The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be"

Welcome back.

Racism and politics in offices in India is expected – it is an integral part of it. There is another dimension to it – castism. The people, who brought up there, become used to it. If something becomes so popular and excepted, it becomes invisible – even if it is there. No one notice or point out it. Hope one day we will overcome these bad practices.

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A Delhite in Toronto

Tiomin,
You canot compare racism of India and Canada. In Canada racism exists big time. In India ego and lack of confidence exists big time. You are misinterpretating it as racism.

In India, racism will not stop in the way of getting you a job but in Canada it will. When they see a Asian, generally employers are little skeptical (except for IT / finance fields).
On the other hand, politics in India is not directly related to racism, but people a jealous and want to put you down, esp. when they are above you.

I have a very bad relationship with my collegues and suboridnates as well as my bosses.
For people at my level or below me, they refuse to take my directions to work. For the people above me, when I complain about people refusing to work under my command, they become insecure and chastise me to put me down.

Though they know that I have diplomatic immunity based on my Canadian citizenship, they still do not care as they are crorepathi's and know what kind of life we Indians (other than people in IT and Finance) lead there.

Peace

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I am a Gents and not a Ladies.