Only tech Bros keep crying about work life balance!
Ask any tech bro to work on Saturday and they will start crying about work life balance. FYI most professionals in India work on Saturdays. In India more than 90% folks are self employed. Lawyers, accountants, doctors, plumbers, carpenters, business owners all of them work on Saturdays. Your work life balance comes because you enjoy their services on Saturday and Sunday going around spending money and having fun. So not working on Saturday is a privilege and not a compulsion. On one side we are sad that companies lay us off and on the other side we want work life balance even at the cost of the growth. We despise anyone who creates wealth. Chal kya raha hai? Sabko startups mein bhi MNREGA scheme chahiye kya? Have some growth mindset folks. With so much work life balance you are just stuck in Manali traffic jam and Krishnagiri toll booth. Happy Traffic Christmas 🎁
samosa
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9 months ago
real id se aao Narayana Murthy
I love how people demean those who just ask for basic things like wlb. If you want to work surely work but don't impose on others. Some people don't want to live for just work.
What tech folks call WLB is just a privilege for most Indians. Why is there a denial?
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Gems_Bond
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9 months ago
Tech Bros 'cry' ( ideally it should be called as 'rightfully demand') about work life balance because this industry can afford it.
Tech industry is not person dependent like say healthcare or transportation.
In healthcare only if there is a nurse or doctor can a patient be treated.
In transportation only if there is a crew and driver can the vehicle be run.
Tech industry is a newer concept and it calls for newer work norms.
A payment company doesn't need engineers in their office on Saturday and Sunday and yet we can continue using their service.
A social medi accompany doesn't need engineers in their office on Saturday and Sunday and yet we can continue using them.
In case there is any breakdown, companies do call folks even when they are on vacation. The ones on medical emergency are rightfully excused.
FYI, old industry like banking too has gone to 5 day work week.
There is absolutely no reason why tech Bros/Sis should be expected to work on Saturday and Sunday.
If you want growth, better hire more engineers. Period.
All points agreed. Hence it's a privilege not a default.
Also working on Saturdays does not equal not having a work life balance. It's an assumption from the tech world.
Gems_Bond
Stealth
9 months ago
While not working on Saturday may/may not improve work life balance, but working on Saturday definitely screws up work life balance big time.
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Brutallyhonest
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9 months ago
Tech is most pampered professionals who feels entitled for every petty things
ek taraf 4 day work week ki charcha hoti hai aur dusri taraf ye
unfair world it is.
StuckInBlr
Stealth
9 months ago
Code runs 24x7, and scales if done decently enough. The nature of work does not require continuous effort or makes sense unlike other jobs
StuckInBlr
Stealth
9 months ago
Shouldn't tech workers compare their WLB to other tech workers then? The post seems pointless considering you agree
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SceneUnseen
Stealth
9 months ago
When the employer expects you to be on call till 12 at night and then jump on another 6 am call while managing a full work day by commuting to an office, then it's just too much. People have other areas of life that need tending to. You might think it doesn't happen, then you don't know the reality of a lot of people who are complaining.
That's just a toxic work culture. No one should go through that irrespective of the professions.
What I'm talking about is work life harmony.
Yeah because these are professionals who charge on work basis. Write in my offer letter that it's 6 days work. I would consider am I being paid fair for a 6 day work. You will ask tech bro to work on Saturday without any compensation in return because I am having a Job and I should be okay to extend. Just stop your corriander comes free with vegetables.
True. Asking to work beyond promise was not what I mentioned.
Poor comprehension. Maybe its your employer problem.
No. First It's not personal about me or my employer. Why should there be any assumption that if someone is writing something there is some personal issue. and then It's not about what compensation someone is getting. Even if I am getting 10CR if the expectations to work on Saturday are not clear at start why should someone work or even if someone is cribbing he/she has full right to crib.
Node
Stealth
9 months ago
Only Indians who have third world mentality consider Saturday to be a working day. The rest of the world doesn't. You are a third worlder.
Node
Stealth
9 months ago
Yes it's a fact that you're a coolie and enjoy doing coolie work.
Have a bad wlb rather than demanding a good wlb because more people are having bad wlb. Bro what is this logic 😭
Bro stop crying. That's the whole point.
Not working on Saturday does not equal work life balance
And working on Saturday does not mean a poor work life balance.
As I mentioned before not working on Saturday is a privilege not a default. So don't look down upon it. Your Saturdays are enjoyable only because others are working to fill your desires.
Yes they can and they should. But should also stop mocking and accusing anyone who works as if that's the only way.
Lol.
A different perspective. But in the same sense why do we need to stop working on Sunday as well?
Then, even that is a privilege right?
IMO a person should be able to do what they want to do for at least two days a week! If not more.
And most companies account for the number of hours when they talk about compensation.
I don’t mind working on Saturday if I will be paid for it separately.
Otherwise I prefer to work on stuff that contribute to my personal growth be it finance/techincal/mental health.
@CrazyBats, I agree. My point was not about doing free work. The premise of working (for a company or on a personal project) on Saturday doesn't need to be looked down upon or being mocked.
Also, for your previous question, you might not like the answer, but still, I will say it. Not working on Sundays is also a privilege.
I guess the point was misunderstood. When individuals work on what they love, they enter a state of flow, and that's when we see people putting in effort irrespective of the day of the week it is. For an athlete and a musician, they might be doing out of their own will.
But when it comes to a blue-collar worker or a labourer, they are forced to work additional hours given their financial situation. It usually takes generations to move from being forced to work to doing what people love.
Folks working in tech have the privilege to take days off and they should. People with higher ambitions leverage it to their advantage to build something meaningful that gives them a purpose.
IMO I want to work only four days a week (for company or otherwise), I will not upskill and yet I should not be laid off are all contradicting statements.
So is it safe to assume you are comparing passion to labour?
In a way all of us work for our future. You’re watching Netflix you are making sure your future self is relaxed and content.
You are spending time with family it’s for your future self to have a good bond and memories.
And every one has different things to love at different points in life. Most people in tech world don’t come just like that. I like to think that these people crossed that state of getting into a flow by sacrificing their “thens”. So now I think it’s only fair for them to want to live and catch up to the “thens” they missed.
Vegetabledev22
Stealth
9 months ago
Awwww bura laga? Lol
Even in tech many teams do work in shifts on all days to support the code so that you can blabber nonsense from your mobile on weekends on such platforms.
So its not privilege, it is simply not required unless board of directors want to mint more cash by making engineers work more.
Just because someone has it better doesn’t mean you have to pull him down with you. Anyways try making Saturday working or 70hrs shit and see workforce leaving you in droves. Lmaoooo infosys would have implemented 70 hr till now if attrition rate wasn’t so high for it.
Celsius_Fahrenheit
Stealth
9 months ago
Comparison will always lead you to lead a sad life.
Best thing ever is never to compare yourself with someone earning more money, living in a better house, having a better life in general.
Once you feel that you're doing it better than the one you were comparing yourself too, you'll start comparing yourself to the next best person.
Not saying that you shouldn't aim for a better life. You absolutely should. But it shouldn't occupy your thoughts so much.
Have a great one.
Qwerty2398
Stealth
9 months ago
Tech bros are overpaid entitled brats. they just crib to justify their sky high salaries. most of them dont do anything till noon. They start working only at evening tea time. and then work till late night and cry about late working hours.
OnADietCoke
Stealth
9 months ago
Assuming the person is not a contractor/freelancer, most tech companies have employment contracts specifying 40/48h work week schedules which means it doesn't include weekends and if so then compensatory offs or compensation benefits are often specified. So essentially not working on a Saturday isn't a privilege as it is just basically the employee availing exactly what he has been offered.
And also side note, working on Saturdays ain't gonna make you immune to layoffs, orgs don't really care if you are toiling away beyond expectations. In a layoff, they only care if you are either business critical, or a liability.
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