I’ve heard a lot about this book and I picked it up today. I’ve only made it through the first few pages but so far so good, his picture of India was very similar to my own experience there. Yeah that time when I went there to train people to take my job, in my own defense I figured I was losing my job one way or the other and I may as well get a free trip out of the deal. It’s amazing how much construction is going on there, absolutely amazing. Another thing that struck my eye was Microsoft, it was more like a compound than anything. Several buildings, the only parking garage that I saw in 3 weeks, gated, secured and happy people outside playing cricket in the courtyard. I’m sure tucked away somewhere was a pool, gym and all of the other amenities that people wish and pray for here. If only we were able to accept a salary of $3,500.00 per year to answer phones, and that’s probably shooting high. There were a lot of things I noticed about India that are different from the US, here we are on time to work, and if we aren’t we’re in trouble. There people stroll into work at their leisure with no real consequences, on more than one occasion I heard that there was India time and then there was Hyderabad time. I also noticed a complete lack of work ethic, here we generally go to work to work, get our job done and go home. There work is more of a social hour and if something gets accomplished well then that’s just icing on the cake. And if you ever wondered why you called your phone company and it seemed like you could hear the conversations of every single other customer, well that’s because they sit within probably a foot of each other.
March 22, 2008...2:18 am
The World is Flat
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