“IT Boom, Employee Gloom: How the Govt and Taxes Are Bleeding Techies Dry” 💻🩸
The IT industry is often showcased as India’s shining crown jewel. But beneath the glitter of billion-dollar deals and corporate campuses, it’s the employees who are silently paying the heaviest price. Forget about the so-called “slowdown of IT companies” – the real slowdown is happening in the lives of IT employees. Their salaries, hikes, and savings are being devoured by a system that takes more than it gives. Let’s break it down:
1. The Myth of Hikes: 2% or 10%, It Doesn’t Matter
Whether you bag a 2% increment or a 10% raise, the government’s tax net ensures that most of it slips out of your hands before you even see it in your bank account. The so-called “hike season” is nothing but an illusion.
2. The Tax Monster Always Wins
From income tax to GST, from surcharges to hidden levies, the government ensures that every single IT paycheck is squeezed to the last drop. Employees slog for 12–14 hours, but the lion’s share of their growth goes to the system.
3. 50 Lakhs Today = 25 Lakhs in 2014
The cruel reality of inflation bites hardest here. What once felt like financial security has now halved in value. Today’s ₹50 lakh doesn’t hold even the same weight as ₹25 lakh in 2014.
4. Eleven Years, Heavier Burden
Despite the promises of reform and “ease of doing business,” the average IT employee is paying more tax in 2025 than they did in 2014. Instead of relief, the pressure has only grown heavier year after year.
5. The Illusion of Growth
The IT industry shows glossy balance sheets to the world, but the employees—the real backbone—are left with shrinking savings, rising EMIs, and dreams slipping further away. The middle class fuels the system, yet remains unrewarded.
6. The Real Slowdown Is Human
Forget the dollar-rupee exchange rate or global demand cycles—the real slowdown is in the lives of IT employees who no longer feel motivated. Burnout, frustration, and financial suffocation are becoming the norm.
7. Who’s Really Benefiting?
The industry scales, the government rakes in revenue, but the IT professional—the coder, tester, project manager—is stuck in the same grind with fewer rewards than a decade ago. The imbalance is glaring.
🔥 Final Punch: The IT industry may still look like a success story from the outside, but inside, it’s bleeding its own workforce dry. Until the system shifts focus from extracting to empowering, India’s tech dreams will remain built on the broken backs of its employees.
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