{"id":35400,"date":"2026-07-25T15:11:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T15:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=35400"},"modified":"2026-07-25T15:11:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T15:11:03","slug":"my-brother-earns-less-but-gets-more-respect-delhi-womans-work-from-home-video-strikes-a-chord-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=35400","title":{"rendered":"\u2018My brother earns less but gets more respect\u2019: Delhi woman&#8217;s work-from-home video strikes a chord online |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132624813,imgsize-78885,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/my-brother-earns-less-but-gets-more-respect.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018My brother earns less but gets more respect\u2019: Delhi woman's work-from-home video strikes a chord online\" title=\"Delhi woman shares the work-from-home struggle many relate to\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Delhi woman shares the work-from-home struggle many relate to\">Delhi woman shares the work-from-home struggle many relate to<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The debate around work from home refuses to die. While some people see it as a flexible way of working, many remote employees say the biggest challenge isn&#8217;t the job itself. It&#8217;s convincing people at home that they&#8217;re actually working.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>A Delhi woman&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/instagram\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Instagram<\/a> video has now brought that conversation back into the spotlight. In a light-hearted but relatable rant, she spoke about how working from home often means balancing office work with household expectations, leaving many social media users saying they could relate.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>\u2018My brother earns less but gets more respect\u2019<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Sharing her experience, Heena Dogra said the way her family views her job is very different from the way they see her brother&#8217;s.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>\u201cA work-from-home employee gets less respect than a daily-wage worker. <!-- -->My brother goes to the office, earns less than I do, but still gets more respect at home simply because he dresses up and leaves for work, while I am seen lying around the house all day,\u201d she said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Dogra added that despite spending long hours at work, she is often expected to be available for household responsibilities.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>\u201cMy brother works from nine to five, but my working hours often stretch from nine in the morning until nine at night,\u201d she said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>She also shared the kind of remarks she hears at home.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>\u201cMy family asks me, \u2018Since you work from home, who pays you for sitting at home?\u2019 They think I do a little work on my laptop and somehow get paid for it,\u201d she added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Guests don&#8217;t wait, meetings do<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>Dogra said things become even more difficult whenever guests visit the house.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>According to her, she is expected to put work aside, serve tea, water, and biscuits, and attend to visitors because everyone assumes her meetings can wait.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>\u201cMy family says, \u2018You can attend your meeting later. You work from home anyway,\u2019\u201d she said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/>She also joked that, unlike her brother, who leaves home dressed for work, she usually spends the day wearing \u201ca top of one colour\u201d and \u201cpyjamas of another,\u201d making it even harder for people to believe she is actually on the job.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"38\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>\u2018No, yaar, I am not having fun\u2019<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"40\"\/>Dogra said even her friends assume that working remotely is easy.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"42\"\/>\u201cNo, yaar, I am not having fun. People who go to the office at least get proper time off, while I work like bonded labour,\u201d she said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"45\"\/>Ending the video with sarcasm, she joked that it almost felt as though her company had allowed her to work from home so she could entertain guests and make sure they were comfortable.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"47\"\/>The video was posted with the caption, \u201cBro, people who work from home get no respect at all.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"49\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Internet says it feels all too familiar<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"51\"\/>The video sparked plenty of reactions from users who said they had experienced similar situations.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"53\"\/>One user wrote, \u201cWork from home means work for office and home.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"55\"\/>Another commented, \u201cLaptop khula hai, but everyone thinks I am on holiday.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"57\"\/>A third joked, \u201cThe biggest WFH meeting is serving tea to guests.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"59\"\/>Another user added, \u201cSalary company deti hai, but duties poora ghar assign karta hai.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"61\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Disclaimer: This article is based on a video shared by the content creator on Instagram and the reactions posted by social media users. The views expressed are those of the creator and commenters. <\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"63\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"64\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Thumb image: Instagram<\/span> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"67\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/etimes\/trending\/my-brother-earns-less-but-gets-more-respect-delhi-womans-work-from-home-video-strikes-a-chord-online\/articleshow\/132624796.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi woman shares the work-from-home struggle many relate to The debate around work from home refuses to die. While some people see it as a flexible way of working, many remote employees say the biggest challenge isn&#8217;t the job itself. It&#8217;s convincing people at home that they&#8217;re actually working.A Delhi woman&#8217;s Instagram video has now&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-style"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}