A 33-year-old Indian woman working in Dublin, Ireland, made a thought provoking post on Reddit recently, opening a wave of conversation on social media. Her post titled ‘Return to India’ talked about her life abroad, work culture, compensation and her urge to move back home after spending years overseas.
She wrote on subreddit, that she is a 33-year-old single working professional currently based in Dublin, Ireland. She introduced herself, “Hi all, I am a single working woman 33(F), I am working in Ireland- Dublin in US MNC.” She further wrote that life abroad is comfortable, compensation is good and even the work culture is great, but there is something she misses.
She wrote, “While everything is nice – package/people etc – but since my role is Sales, I find it so hard to connect with people in my team,” she explained. Over time, this disconnect led her to reflect on her professional trajectory and sense of belonging. Talking about her next phase of career, she writes, “now realised that it may not be necessarily racism but more of human nature.”
How did people react to an Indian woman’s Reddit post?
Explaining what the Indian woman feels, one of users on Reddit wrote, it is very essential to build very strong interpersonal relationships especially in a role like sales, that is why she feels that if she returns to India she would organically connect with colleagues and turn more productive combatively. Pointing out at what she wrote, he said she clearly states that in order to reach the next level in her career, she needs to return to India.
In the post, the Indian woman working in Ireland asks the Reddit users for some advice, she asked, if she plans to return to India, how can she secure a job before returning and how much money would make her financially secure to settle in India, “How much money should I have to save for me to feel settled in India?” She also asked about location options where she can consider employment, whether it can be Noida or Bengaluru.
