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    Exposing the dark truth behind India's tech boom: 70-hour workweeks, cultural pressures, and systemic failures driving engineers to breaking point while leaders profit from their exhaustion.

    Why Indian Engineers Burn Out Faster Than Silicon Valley

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    Why Indian Engineers Burn Out Faster Than Silicon Valley: The Real Reason Behind Bangalore's Productivity Crisis

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    Burnout engulfs India's IT sector as one in four professionals logs 70 or more hours weekly  - The Hindu
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    https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/burnout-engulfs-indias-it-sector-as-one-in-four-professionals-logs-70-or-more-hours-weekly/article69395412.ece
    India's tech workers in crisis amid suicides, layoffs, and AI - Rest of World
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    https://restofworld.org/2026/india-tech-workers-crisis-suicide
    I Moved to Bengaluru and Was Shocked by the Intense Work Culture
    link
    https://www.businessinsider.com/ive-lived-in-silicon-valley-and-bengaluru-work-culture-differs-2025-4
    Laziness Does Not Exist
    Resilient Culture
    Burnout in the MNCs: Causes and HR Strategies to Reduce it in Bengaluru
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    https://ijrpr.com/uploads/V6ISSUE7/IJRPR50620.pdf

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