Laid-off Indian H-1B workers plead for help as clock ticks

BENGALURU: Technology sector employees who have been laid off, especially those on H-1B visas who have to find work within 60 days to avoid having to leave the US and return to their home countries, are taking to LinkedIn and other social channels to reach out to their networks to find new jobs. And some are seeing offers of help pouring in, including from Indian companies.

Raju Kadam, former senior technical program manager at Facebook’s parent company Meta, who was part of the 11,000 laid off by the company last week, shared a picture of his children on LinkedIn and said. “My clock to leave the USA has started today. I’m reaching out to all Metamates, connections, LinkedIn community to help me find a job, otherwise I have to leave the USA with my kids. I was not expecting to be part (of) layoff, as I had a strong performance in all quarters since I joined Meta. I started an incredible journey to work in Meta 9 months back, but it abruptly came to an end.”