Even if you don’t lose your job to India, you could lose sleep and/or precious family time.
That’s what many IT professionals are finding today when they have to collaborate with colleagues in India.
“We keep passing the baton between California and India, and that way we can cram a lot more work into a 24-hour period,” Jeff Hawkey, vice president at PortalPlayer, told the AP. “A lot of nights, I go home, tuck the kids into bed and then get on the conference call.”
Many like Hawkey are finding themselves working odd hours to accommodate colleagues on the other side of the world, and workplace experts warn employers against abusing the practice.
“You simply can’t keep working a full day, put the kids to bed, take a call from Malaysia, then go back fresh the next morning – it’s one thing to do it for a couple weeks, but it’s another to put up with this pain in the neck permanently,” said Peter Morici, an international business professor at University of Maryland.
Via My Way News
