Google New Hire Resigns After Facing Clique Exclusion from 14 Indian Colleagues

Summary

A recent long post by an American engineer on the anonymous workplace forum Blind has sparked widespread debate in Silicon Valley. The poster claimed that he voluntarily resigned just five weeks after joining a core technical team at Google, citing extreme ethnic homogeneity in the team that led to systematic clique exclusion, information isolation, and toxic internal dynamics. According to his account, out of the 16-member engineering team, 14 were of Indian origin, aside from himself and the department manager. In daily work, most technical discussions, project syncs, and informal communication were conducted in their native language, completely ignoring his presence, causing him to frequently miss key decisions and progress updates, and hampering his work. Within the first week, he was assigned difficult, low-visibility tasks; however, during results reporting, several colleagues collectively took credit for his work, and when online issues occurred, they immediately shifted blame onto him, accusing him of poor coordination. This incident highlights the growing issues of ethnic cliques and cultural exclusion in Silicon Valley tech companies, prompting deep reflection on diversity and inclusive workplace environments. The poster said that even though Google is known for high salaries and benefits, he could not endure the isolated and unsupported atmosphere and chose to leave…