Its been quite some time since I devoted any time to writing-Not that I am too busy, but becoz I face power cuts- you know a minimum of 7 hours every day. All the more I feel family values and integration is diminishing day by day and I really do wonder how long will it be when all that a husband and wife could say to each other would be “just” Hi and good night…
Employers can demand work for the salary they pay- but at the same time they should understand what vacuum their demand is creating outside their work culture - as more and more people- especially couples (both husband and wife go to work)-to come tired depleted of all their energy. All they can do is put their children asleep. This was not so before 10 or 15 years ago, even then there were families where both the parent would work - but cautious of
work-home balance-. Now the popular saying is IT industry is different. Work compulsory for 9 hours 15 minutes in the office - additional time - half an hour to one hour traveling - so all together its 12 hours. Come home you only feel like sleeping - 6 hours. and the remaining hours - for your daily chores. Where is the time to relax - for extra activities- how can a mother or father (its equally important for a father) devout considerable time to their children- and what is their future?
Why cannot people in higher echelons of IT industry think a little socially instead of their annual economic turnover? It’s all money money - But what is money basically for? Is their salary satisfying them? Do Today’s younger generation care bout anything else other IT and Lifestyle? The other factor is for the one’s who remain at home becoz of various circumstances alone with no body to talk to until 11 or 12 in the night when their husbands or parents return from home? They face stress, depression and become sick. Can’t the work culture be different and amicable - a simple morning 9 to 5 (of course punctuality is important) - so that everybody can have a lil space or room for themselves and their beloveds? I have one of my relatives telling me that she is soon going to forget her husband's face - for she hardly stays awake by the time he comes home (He is working in Infosys).
I can never agree if the answer is no — you have to stand up to people whom you are working for (Onsite guys) and tell them “look, we cannot work for your timings”… It needs guts ...
note: (written in in word pres blog also)