A viral social media post on the struggles of H-1Bs fired from Meta drew criticism and people celebrated after an Indian lost his job in the US.

Recently a woman’s post on an Indian engineer losing her job in Meta layoffs went viral as many people celebrated that there would now be three less Indians in the US and the person might have to pack his bags from the US along with his wife and child. The post, even if not fictional, had a strong suggestion that the man was in Bengaluru, India as it said that the Meta layoff mail had arrived in his inbox at 11 pm IST.“His wife is on H-4. His kid is in 3rd grade in Seattle. His Bellevue apartment lease has 8 months left. His H-1B clock has just started ticking – 60 days. Meta’s stock soared on the news. Zak called it more efficient. AI transformation actually looks like that for 2 lakh Indians abroad. “Indians abroad have the biggest impact of AI,” said the post written by X user Shweta.

30-year plan on 3-year visa: Strong reactions on social media

While the post was aimed to highlight the devastating impact it has had on Meta employees as they received layoff mail, social media users celebrated an Indian’s job loss and wondered why he had such an elaborate plan in place in the US when he was just on a work visa.“It’s weird that he bought an apartment on an H1B, knowing he could be kicked out of the US at any time. The H1B is obviously a temporary visa, but people are now thinking it’s the equivalent of a green card. That’s weird!” One wrote.One user gave this opinion calling it a sob story H-1B visa Holders need to feel confident that they are one email away from disaster. The user wrote, “The NRI had the option to go to Canada and get PR and then settle down, yet he decided to stay in the US for the higher salary. He took this risk knowing very well the negative aspects of the incident.”Another wrote, “Luckily for them foreign workers have a home country to return to, Americans don’t. That’s it. The temporary visa is a gamble they knowingly made for their families.”“That’s at least 3 Indians less,” celebrated one.