Augustine’s letter acted as the spark that set off a firestorm that many have labelled the “#MeToo of corporate India”. Social media was awash with similar stories of exploitation.
Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
The issue of underbilling (not billing or getting paid for additional hours worked) is an open secret within the service industry. This would be unheard of in western countries due to fear of class action suits, but is quite rampant in India. What everyone seems to have missed in Murthy’s 70 hour work-week missive that in reality he is asking his employees to work for 70 or 80 hours and get paid for 40 only – all in the name of country.
The issue of underbilling (not billing or getting paid for additional hours worked) is an open secret within the service industry. This would be unheard of in western countries due to fear of class action suits, but is quite rampant in India. What everyone seems to have missed in Murthy’s 70 hour work-week missive that in reality he is asking his employees to work for 70 or 80 hours and get paid for 40 only – all in the name of country.
It is an asian cultural problem where one’s identity is tied to his achievememts in workplace alone and sycophancy to bosses is encouraged