Ganesh Kendale
A video of an Indian techie paying around Rs 99,000 rent for a single room has gone viral. Shared by Instagram user Piyush Monga @salaryscale, the video has gained attention on the internet. In the video, the woman says that she has a total work experience of more than 10 years adding that earns around $100,000 (roughly translated to Rs 60 lakhs) in a year. On asked if she is happy with her salary, the techie said frustratedly, “Not at all”, which according to her is “not that much given the current economy.” “It is not easy to live in Toronto with that sort of money.It’s really bad,” she said.
Take a look at the viral post here:
The post is captioned “Asked if she was happy with her salary, she $95,000 is not enough for Toronto? Well, this is a personal take. I guess $95,000 is enough for a single person but, our test lead in the house has a different take on it.”
In the video, the interviewer asked “For a person sitting in India, that’s ₹60 lakh a year. How is that not enough?”. To which, the woman working as a test lead at a bank, said the prices of everything has increased since she came to Canada. “A stick of butter was $4, now it’s $8. So inflation is very real,” she said.
Stating that “Inflation is very real”, she said “It does not hit you like that in India.” She further said that she rents a single room and it costs her $1,600 or Rs 99,000.
How users reacted to the video
“Most of these people come here for 5 yrs and say o it’s hard.. our parents have been here for 30 yrs worked for $5hr in the 80s, 6.85 in the 90s finally now their settled. In summary it’s a journey..don’t expect to be set in 5yrs,” commented one user. “95k should he enough for one person! Alot of people are earning less than that in Toronto,” replied another. A third commented on the post : “Purchasing power matters India’s 30 lakh could be equivalent to 125k in US.”
“FYI some people might have a lot of responsibilities. Maybe she has loans to repay. Stop judging based on half stories,” another user commented.
