Bengaluru to Bay Area: Is there truth in Bhavish Aggarwal's remarks on tech hiring? Despite rise in salaries, what Indian techies make are 50 per cent-60 per cent lower in comparison to the US, says Yeshab Giri, Randstad India director (staffing) Monster Hiring Index noted a strong 32 per cent year-on-year growth for IT-hardware and software and a flourishing demand for talent in Bengaluru (50 per cent)-16:9 Vidya S Updated Aug 04, 2021, 12:21 PM IST Multiple simultaneous job offers, 50-70 per cent joining hikes, Mercedes Benz cars and holiday in Dubai are the order of the day for top-notch tech talent in India as they enjoy a good run due to pent-up demand and Covid-led digitisation of enterprises. But comparing the pay of Bengaluru talent to that of counterparts in San Francisco's Bay Area, as Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal did perhaps jokingly, maybe stretching it too far.