Indian IT Culture Needs a Revolution

Great Article Sir

Great Article Sir.I motivate with your mantra of securing job.Thanks a lott.

Agree with you sir. The work culture in Indian IT firms and US firms are different. Indian workers are often flexible in taking extra load and ready to work even in odd timings and that compromises their work-life balance. In US, typically workers keep good balance in Work and Life. The difference in both the cultures are primarily due to the fact that Indian IT culture is still evolving and with the availability of low cost labor, companies often take them as granted.

Exact and clear reality of Indian IT industry..

I agree Vidya Vrat sir... Kyunki Saas bhi kabhi Bahu thi... If you become manager its mean you have to handle your subordinate as like your brohter...create a family type of atmosphere because we give our very awaken hours in company but at home we reach with tiredness. Jitna Pasina Kaam ka nahi aata.....Utna Kaam par aane jaane par aata hai.. At last I suggest .. Life is very short nobody know How long we live... Live and Let Live ...

then students will turn into entrepreneurs rather than employees.a google,Microsoft and so and so will be started by an Indian. going forward no it i mean no service oriented companies which will work on foreign projects. every thing would be tailor made and Indian will be hub for product oriented business i mean business to people not like Indian resources to foreign projects.

Revolution is need but not on timings and all.We have to come up with new ideas in terms of products which will help the world. we are still discussing on low priority things. all are my personal views.

Very useful one

wow sir, well done.

opening the mind which was slept Indian companies especially Startups please make this happen thanks sir awesome article

well said sir, really need a revolution

Strongly agree with your points...as always article gives some learning to us..

Interesting.

awesome...

Nice One..

Also manager's mind set won't change overnight but we need to continue working towards it uf course by not forgetting our own duty.

You hit the nail sir. Fully endorse your views based on my experience too. I agree that no one but we need to bring the change by giving more respect and importance to one's life.

Interesting.

good one sir

very nice

Very Well Said... I guess the competitive nature of IT industry takes over an individual. We definitely need to have a work life balance. I hope more people in the industry read your article.

The Truth

great writings sir.. very appreciate..

very good sir.......

very Excellent

Excellent..Indeed article !!..Let us make a new environment!!

Thank you sir. But I'll like to add one more point, one more reason for late working for not to work effectively in productive hours. I observe that most of the productive hours goes in social activities like chat, mails etc. and then for actual work need to work late. If say 8 hrs are utilised in work then I guess this and other problems will also solved.

100% True

If employee of a company is satisfied with the environment with in the company, his will power to do work will be refined and the results will be great.Thank You Vidya sir for your valuable advice and this is a wonderful article.

well said sir...

Correct..

Good share Vidya... we cant just blame off-shore/onsite managers etc for this kind of culture problems or other issues facing by lower management. This is a business, all companies looks for profits only... Everyone has to struggle their job life to make a good impressions in companies, otherwise fear of job loss, bad increment etc.. So blaming, stabbing etc all kind of things will be there and forever. So what we should do, we should play safe, play smart, like in article saying "My Mantra of Securing Job". Along with this article everyone should read the articles posted by MC. http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/mahesh/top-10-things-you-should-never-say-to-your-boss/ and http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/mahesh/top-8-things-you-should-not-say-to-a-developer/ . But still people tend to do mistakes and no one perfect in this world. If the Indian culture needs change then the companies should take the initiatives first and support their employees...

very well expressed

Loved it.

Loved all those points under securing job. Good ones, Good Article. :)

So True

can't stop to write a comment on this article...this is very nice article I ever seen before, Everyone knows these issues but no one here to raise their voice, VIRAT you did it by this article, This is the time when people should think about developers and should change the IT Culture, because developers also have their own family life...

Well said Vidya virat, its happening everywhere. We will pray together in future everyone try to learn all these things.

Thanks for nice article

Neatly put up clearly explains whats really happening in IT world.

good

Vitus Francic, I see you are from UK, this means its a Global Problem now.

have been going through all the cons which you have highlighted.People dont share knowledge,no documentation but when any issue pops up they try to escape and push it on on guy to whom noting is shared and even manager doesnt take any action on them as they are the only people with the application knowledge.

Vidya Sir, its a realistic fact in IT industry, where everyone faced the same problem in their organization.

Thanks Ramesh

Nicely Said Sir, I agree

100% true...above all things are happening with all it person in India....

thanks for sharing your experience with us.

very very nice article vidya sir..

Also the clients either from US or Europe know that Indian IT slog daily and they also know that if same amount of work is given to them then they will take double the time Indian people take to complete. So they think its cheaper and better for foreign clients to outsource to Indian IT companies.

I strongly believe the root cause of problem lies with top management of the company . If they are not doing their job properly then they don't have any rights to screw freshers or less experience people.

Nice article Vidya . Indian IT work like slaves when at onsite . Give wrong impression to clients about deadlines and quality of the software and in turn screw offshore team to meet those expectation he/she set with clients . And finally play blame games in top management regarding work not getting completed on time etc.

Nice Article Vidya! The interesting point is that most people passed through such difficult-situations & still no permanent fix being made. :)

Really Great Sir, Thanks for sharing your valuable experience, what I loved the most is "Ways of Saving your Job" and "Learn to say NO". Really Awesome.

Thanks Sam, sure you have a point; so what I understand is, that this problem is becoming global now a days.

True Story of most of the IT companies. I think Indian government has to participate and make some laws that has to follow companies likes late hours compensation. Because its India If you say no , someone try to make profit of India.

Awesome Words Vidya Sir !!

Nice article! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on current IT culture in India.

Excellent article. It is 100% true. Thanking for sharing good message for everybody.

Great Vidya. Very Mature article on Indian IT Industry. I think, We have to also consider major reason not only dump project manager but also easily available resource because of our country's population. In many small companies , if you argue with your manager on that then definitely they might throw you in corner because they know , they can find resource easily in india as specially in case of junior or midel experience. They doesn't care about respect of good resource. They are only believing in how can earn more money from this project OR how can get appreciation from the boss. Good initiative to write such things. I think , I would suggest to c-sharpcorner to take poll on such type of topic. :-)

Thanx for sharing your 8 mantra sir.

The bitter TRUTH of Indian IT industry.I think most of these problems are due to non-technical and dumb managers.

And, thanks for sharing your mantra of securing job.....it's takeaway for me.

Hi Vidya, your experience is reflected via this article. I tweeted this masterstroke!

very true

Great Article :)

I think someone should write an article about interview questions for the potential employee to ask the potential employer. One question for example is what effort is made to ensure that estimates are realistic. Also, estimates should be in hours, not days. If estimates are often too low then that means estimates are not realistic. Potential employees should shop for managers that understand that and attempt to be realistic. For those of us that produce quality code, we should shop for employers that appreciate quality. Quality means that we spend more time at the beginning but less time overall, especially less testing. Another good question is if an adequate amount of time is spent on requirements definition and specifications and such. Good specifications make it much easier to write good documentation. A potential employee could ask how well the software is documented, but a dishonest employer is likely to lie.

Totally Agree Vidya.These are the major problems in Indian IT Industry. The point you mentioned about Late stay, yes the person who stays late and spends more hours in office is responsible ,compare to person who lives on time. They don't bother about performance but the time spends in office.

Many of these things apply elsewhere more than the people of India might realize. I have always lived in and worked in the USA. In 1978 or 1979 my manager threated to fire me because I did not get to work on time yet they were making me work late. Yes, they tried to intimidate me that way. I was working in a position that was worth much more than I was being paid and the manager tried to make me work extra hours without paying me what I was worth. So I went looking for a new job. Then a manager told me that if I was looking for a new job then he did not want to know but he threatened me somehow. I said that the only reason I was looking is because I was threatened.

Very correct Vidya! To make a change, the IT engineers has to start change. I liked your 'repel' idea. :)

Vidya Hats off. you truly speaks the mind of IT people in India. All words are true. attitude of the team including manager has to change.

Great article, Vidya. Great points and thank you for sharing your personal experience.