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.
Ottawa is stepping up its courtship of the region. The campaign was readily apparent in Singapore last week with a conference devoted to stronger ties with Southeast Asia.
On bilateral ties, Admiral Paparo said India-US ties have an exponential effect on deterrence, because it demonstrates a unity of purpose among us to maintain the peace.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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