Obama to sign bill that raises H-1B visa fee today
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Originally posted by Maharaj
There used to be that mentality back home - Can't leave as yet, Manager is still around ... I am not sure if it still prevails
LOL. You nailed it! It's still there practiced by lot of desis (even in north america) and probably takes a long time to go. That ji huzoor mentality wont just go away. May be its in our culture.
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Originally posted by KumarM
LOL. You nailed it! It's still there practiced by lot of desis (even in north america) and probably takes a long time to go. That ji huzoor mentality wont just go away. May be its in our culture.
talk about self ...
and there was this report that I heard about yesterday ... Whatever happened to work-life balance? ... more than a third of Canadians nation-wide spend 10 hours a day or more on the job (includes commuting time). Specially true for Married person - now go figure that.
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Mumbai Maazi Ladki ...
Quote:Yeah I heard about that, too, on the news.
Originally posted by Maharaj
and there was this report that I heard about yesterday ... Whatever happened to work-life balance? ... more than a third of Canadians nation-wide spend 10 hours a day or more on the job (includes commuting time).
And if you add in the fact that most people bring some work home, or keep doing work email at home, that time committment becomes almost 12 hrs. a day.
Not too different from medieval coal miners or cotton pickers, eh?
No wonder people are sleep deprived and stressed out.
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"Mah deah, there is much more money to be made in the destruction of civilization than in building it up."
-- Rhett Butler in "Gone with the Wind"
Location: Western Hemisphere
Posted on: 18-08-10 10:08:45
With customers and vendors located globally, bringing work home includes lots of conference calls with people on the other side of the world. I used to have 6 am and 9 pm separate calls with China, Korea and Australia every week.
But there is hope for entertainment....coz' the best was when the Poles and the Chinese went at each other in "english"....and we North Americans could only wonder what they were talking
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Dimple2001
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Originally posted by dimple2001
...and we North Americans could only wonder what they were talking
We North Americans?
Well, I think H1-B will despair in the a few years. Because of the bad economy, no one be able to hire overseas. To bad for immigrants. 
While most of the productivity related comments are valid but still there are jobs where 'availability' is more important like during extended support, customer care, off hours maintenance work etc. Also working odd hours to match up with different time zones. working for projects on tight deadlines where working extra hrs become apparent for even an efficient one. Desis score more on these situations apart from being cheap, grateful, more sacrificing and less demanding. Employers exploit these factors for sure. But there are rookies coming in big time from other countries like Philippines, China etc who can work more efficiently, play less and speak english. Watch out!.
There is nothing called work-life balance as far as employers are concerned, it is personal choice and the natives chose to have that option more than anybody.
