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IT Survivors - Staying Alive In A Software Job |
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Written by Harshad Oak
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Nov 03, 2005 at 12:21 PM |
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Comment by Noname on 2005-11-08 23:48:21
Er.. the article applies well to Singapore context also :D |
Comment by Noname on 2005-11-09 00:13:40
Bang on Target, Harshad. Is Mr Mruty Listening ??? |
Comment by Noname on 2005-11-09 00:14:03
I am working with INFOTECH ENTERPRISES LTD. as software engg. Our company follow 9AM to 6Pm culture. Targets and work given to us demands this much time frame. Earlier I have been working in crazy time frame culture. Today I feel, yes I am enjoying my life. I have ample of time to think about myself, my goals and personal life. Thanks to managers at INFOTECH ENTERPRISES LTD. for giving us chance live our life with joy n pride.
Inpreet singh |
Comment by Noname on 2005-11-09 00:22:01
Hi,
This is something very good for IT people. I am working in an It company at pune. When we ware recruted lots of commitments ware given and then after joining things changed suddenly. Morever companies started signing bonds now a days (though it is i'lligle). Of course Manager are forcing to work in Weekends and in Midnights. But also many employees are working so later just to impress their boss. Most of them belongs to the fols who are not localite and have no famli at the place they live. This effects other who manger time for themsalves.
One more common dialoug get to hear from HR people. They says if you are done with the work you must leave the office by time. But smart managers gives 5 days work to finish in 2 days. what a funny things they do. Results employeed changes the job. I haven't seen a non industry where people changes job so fast. And HR people cries when employees left companies and held interview to know the reason to leave.
If that is goona be like that days are so closer when people stop being and It professonal andbe happy in Other job.
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Comment by Noname on 2005-11-09 01:02:38
I think its more of a cultural problem, we don't know how to say no when we don't wan't to say yes. And in most companies employee/project performance is directly linked to the customer feedback, so employees/managers go out of the way to make sure they deliver "quality" work before time, thereby setting a wrong precedent , the problem then feeds upon itself !! |
Comment by Noname on 2005-11-09 01:07:47
Harshad,
Great to hear the plight of the Indian Software Industry. When I joined as a fresher some 20 months back, it was the de riguer to clock 12+ hours..."Learning Phase", "Enthu of Fresher" call it whatever...But even after 20 months things haven't changed...To be true if i leave office clocking 8 hours I feel i something missing..."Didn't feel like a working day". Most of the blame has to be taken by the employee himself/herself...No matter what the company bosses might expect...the individual has to set the working standards suiting his lifestyle.Having said that its also imperative on the employer to provide for such an environment. Its a handshake process which I believe the Indian Managers(a typical misnomer better to say TaskMasters) are gradually maturing up to learn. As you said the NASSCOM or CSI should be more proactive in the billing and living standards for software professionals else they will burn out more and more.
It will be a Freedom gained from Britishers, Lost to American Economy.
Sundaresan Balasubramanian,Chennai |
Comment by Noname on 2005-11-09 01:24:35
There is no one who can take the initiative to make such forums/unions. If there is someone and in case the step to work for limited hours is taken then WHAT ABOUT THE OUTSOURCED CLIENTS? All the employment that is provided will be shattered. So its an International issue not a national issue. Time to wake up the whole world. :) |
Comment by Noname on 2005-11-09 01:26:38
As the young blood is climbing the ladders of success and managing the teams and projects. They have the correct mixture of work and life. If there is a time delay, the project has to be delivered because of many penalty cuases are attached to it.
But yes, if your employee has spent 14 hours a day, then give him a more relaxed time then he has anticipated when the deadline or the project has been delivered.
We, indians are hard workers not the people who sits at his desk in the morning and calculate that how much time is left in a day :grin
What is assume, that there is always a mixture of both and the generation / managers who have really come up to the management level from the trainee softwares, they will change the world.
Thanks,
M |
Comment by Noname on 2005-11-09 02:26:41
Well Harshad, what ever you have written is a fact... Harsh truth of this hunky dory world christened IT ... We work our asses out to earn a hefty pay package with the hope to settle down in a life where we have all amenities at our fingertips & still have extra cash to splurge...
You have highlighted this inch perfectly... But have you tried to reason Why this is happening? ? ? In any business, this is bound to happen. Competition is what any business thrives on. In the old economy, if you say it didn't happen, that is incorrect. Generally speaking yes, banks, govt offices, accounting firms had the 9 - 5 culture ... but the manufacturing white collar jobs were something that demanded more time from a person. Ask our parents generation if they were able to make time for themselves and their answer would be a no... So to say that it is happening only today with the IT industry is false... Yes the salaries have spiralled. we are made to slog but then it is upto us as a person irrespective of whether you are in the IT industry or toothpaste industry to think for ourselves and our health when we would turn 40.
I agree with the point put forth by you Harshad regarding NASSCOM & other such organizations that should take an initiative to do good for the IT employee.. But here again, will the head honchos of the IT bigwigs (& the small fries aspiring to get big) allow NASSCOM to initiate something like this ? That would hit their revenues directly or indirectly right.... !!! |
Comment by Noname on 2005-11-09 15:49:11
India is a country with manpower . IT need more humans and it is a competitive sector given more pay in IT . folks compete to get ahead and therefore more working hours . This rat race has left no innovation just follow blindly !!!! |
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