Overview
- In mid-July, a 29-year-old identified as Rohit told the Fix Your Finance podcast that he works two full-time IT roles, one for a US company, and earns roughly ₹7 lakh a month while working about 16 hours a day.
- Rohit said his savings total about ₹82 lakh with a breakdown of roughly ₹70 lakh in mutual funds, ₹2 lakh in stocks, and ₹10 lakh in fixed deposits, yet he expects monthly costs to rise to ₹1.3–1.4 lakh because of a ₹60,000 home EMI and a ₹28,000 car EMI.
- He told the host he plans to save ₹7–8 crore over the next five to six years and then drop one job, and he described long hours as leaving little personal time and contributing to burnout.
- Multiple Indian outlets used his account to highlight a broader rise in moonlighting among tech workers driven by remote work, global opportunities and worry about automation, but no employer response or independent verification of his claims has been reported.
- Public reaction has been mixed, with commentators questioning the legality and authenticity of holding two organised-sector jobs and experts warning the case raises wider questions about work‑life balance, labour rules and how tech workers are preparing for AI risk.