Internet debates why Americans are upset over Indians taking over tech jobs

As over 50,000 tech jobs disappear in early 2025—due to AI disruption, cost-cutting, and downsizing—many professionals are reevaluating their career paths. According to Layoffs.fyi, this latest wave has impacted major companies like Microsoft, Meta, CrowdStrike, and Block.

Amid this turbulence, a viral Reddit post challenges a common narrative. It states, “Across the internet, there’s a claim that most tech jobs have shifted from the US to India. But I just checked LinkedIn—there are 11,000 ‘software engineer’ job postings in the US in the last 24 hours, compared to about 5,000 in India.