New Delhi, Nov. 20 -- An IIT graduate and former mid-level IT manager, who once drew a Rs.70-lakh annual salary, has taken to Reddit to share a stark account of unemployment that has stretched for seven months-highlighting the growing strain on India's mid-career tech workforce.

The manager, who worked at a Nifty50 firm before being let go during a restructuring exercise, said the layoff came at the worst possible time: mere weeks after he exhausted his savings on a new home. Now, the property is rented out to cover EMIs while his financial buffer rapidly disappears.

"My savings are depleting really fast. I have a runway of just two months," he wrote, adding that despite paid LinkedIn and Naukri subscriptions, his job search has yielded...