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.
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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?
It is. So what?
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.
While not working on Saturday may/may not improve work life balance, but working on Saturday definitely screws up work life balance big time.
Tech is most pampered professionals who feels entitled for every petty things
You jelly?
Code runs 24x7, and scales if done decently enough. The nature of work does not require continuous effort or makes sense unlike other jobs
Agreed. Hence it's a privilege not a default.
Shouldn't tech workers compare their WLB to other tech workers then? The post seems pointless considering you agree
ek taraf 4 day work week ki charcha hoti hai aur dusri taraf ye
unfair world it is.
The real question is what are you planning to do for the rest of the three days?
Baccho ke sath doremon dekhu ya Kamre me jaake charas foonku, kuch bhi karu usse kisi aur ko kya farak padta hai mera time off hai maje krunga.
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.
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.