New Delhi, May 15 -- A Bengaluru-based Google engineer has started a debate around government jobs. The discussion started after a woman named Sneha posted on X (formerly Twitter) that her cousin had been laid off from Microsoft USA. According to her, tech jobs aren't stable. She praised government jobs for security.

In reply, Rahul Rana dismissed the need for "job security".

"Why you need job security when you can make 5x of what govt employee will make in whole life, you can do in few years," he wrote.

Many other social media users joined the discussion and backed government jobs for various reasons.

"What's the point of having all that money if you can't enjoy your life?? Take me for example - I make ~8.5 L per year by basically do...