Hyderabad Engineer Reddit Post Viral: The post of a 25-year-old civil engineer on the social media platform Reddit has garnered a lot of discussion these days. While sharing her experience, this woman working in Hyderabad, who is a B.Tech graduate of 2023 batch, said that working shifts of 6 consecutive days has affected both her personal life and mental health. She wrote that she has been working in the construction sector for the last three years and in her job it is mandatory to work 6 days every week. After returning home after work, he has neither time left for his family nor for himself.
In the post, the woman told that even Sunday is spent in resting and relieving fatigue, and by the time Monday comes, the same routine starts again. The constant work pressure has made him mentally tired. She also wrote that she is working in a big infrastructure company in Hyderabad and is now trying to change her job, even if she has to accept a lower salary, but she wants a job with a 5-day work week.
The discussion intensified when the post revealed that his monthly salary is around ₹23,000. Out of this, ₹8,000 is spent on rent, ₹10,000 is spent on sending home and the remaining amount is spent on transport and necessary expenses. In such a situation, saving becomes almost impossible. See post below-
Users gave different reactions to this post. Some people supported him and said that this is a shortcoming of the country's system and better opportunities should be found. While some suggested that the only way out was to upgrade skills and switch to better companies. One user wrote that working for 6 days can be very difficult, especially in the initial career, while another advised to go abroad or look for better opportunities.
This case once again raises questions on the working conditions in India's construction and many other sectors. Issues like increasing working hours, low salaries and lack of work-life balance are constantly in the news. This viral post on social media has become not just the story of one person, but the voice of thousands of youth who are trying to strike a balance between long working hours and limited lives.
