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Indian IT Software Sweat Shops

Harshad Oak wrote and excellent article on how the psychology of average Indians is converting Software companies into sweat shops.

Recently, in an awards ceremony at a software company, the manager handing over the "employee of the month" award said something like "It's unbelievable how hard he works. When I come to office early, I see him working, when I leave office late, I still see him working".. These sort of comments can kill the morale of every employee trying to do good work in an 8hr day.

Companies need to stop hiding behind the excuse that the time difference between India and the west is the reason why people need to stay in office for 14 hours a day. Staying late should be a negative thing that should work against an employee in his appraisals. Never complement someone for staying till midnight or working 7 days a week .

Read the article 2 IT Survivors - Staying Alive In A Software Job

I constantly see promotion of this kind of work culture even here in USA. The consultants that represent many Indian IT shops slog an average of 80hrs per week. My personal experience: highly efficient software development teams are possible though well rested team members.

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at November 20, 2005 05:21 AM Perma Link